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Sergeant First Class Edward's platoon was assisting in the defense of a strategic hill in Korea when the unit was forced out of position by the vicious raking fire of an enemy machinegun set up on adjacent high ground, SFC Edwards individually charged the hostile emplacement, throwing grenades as he advanced. His attack caused the enemy to withdraw, but they returned to deliver devastating fire when Edwards ran out of ammunition. Securing a fresh supply of grenades, SFC Edwards again charged the emplacement, neutralizing the weapon and killing the crew. Again however, he was forced back by other hostile small-arms fire. When the enemy emplaced another machinegun and resumed fire, SFC Edwards renewed his supply of grenades, rushed a third time through a vicious hail of fire, silenced this second gun and annihilated its crew. In this third daring assault he was mortally wounded but his indomitable courage and successful action enabled his platoon to regain and hold the vital strongpoint. |
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In 1945, shortly after turning age 18, Junior Edwards was drafted and trained to be an Army infantryman. World War II ended before he completed his training, and he never saw combat. Discharged, he sought local employment for a brief time before reenlisting in the Army in 1947. Killed in Action in Korea, Edwards Hall at Fort Des Moines is named in his honor, as is Camp Edwards which is located near Kumchon, Korea. |
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