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Reckless carrying ammunition for the Marines, 1953 File 013Article Korea · 1952–1954 Fifty-One Trips Through the Fire Bought for $250 from a Korean stable boy, a small chestnut mare carried ammunition for a Marine recoilless-rifle platoon. In a single day at Outpost Vegas she made fifty-one trips to the guns, most of them alone. Colonel Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller in Korea, November 1950 File 014Article Haiti · Nicaragua · Pacific · Korea · 1918–1955 Five Navy Crosses Lewis “Chesty” Puller fought in the jungles of Haiti and Nicaragua, on Guadalcanal and Peleliu, and in the frozen hills of Korea. He is the most decorated Marine in American history. An F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron 32 about to launch from USS Leyte, about 1950 File 008Article Chosin Reservoir, Korea · December 1950 Tell Daisy I Love Her Ensign Jesse Brown, the first African American to complete the Navy’s flight training, was shot down near the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950. His wingman crash-landed beside him on purpose. Ernest West ▸ Film Korean War Ernest West He lost an eye saving every man in his squad — then said he didn't deserve the medal Rudy Hernandez ▸ Film Korean War Rudy Hernandez They were zipping him into a body bag when they saw his finger move Artillery Called In ▸ Film Korean War Artillery Called In Artillery called in. Enemy repelled. Dawn came. Reckless ▸ Film Korean War Reckless She made 51 solo trips through mortar fire — the Marines promoted a horse to sergeant Lewis Millett ▸ Film Korean War Lewis Millett He deserted the Army because they weren't going to war fast enough Chesty Puller ▸ Film Korean War Chesty Puller "They're on our left, right, and behind us — they can't get away now" David Bleak ▸ Film Korean War David Bleak He was a medic with no weapon — he killed five men with his bare hands