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Shortly after Staff Sergeant Molnar's battalion established a defensive perimeter in combat actions near Kontum, it was hit by intense mortar fire as the prelude to a massive enemy night attack. Sergeant Molnar immediately left his sheltered location to insure the readiness of his squad to meet the attack. As he crawled through the position, he discovered a group of enemy soldiers closing in on his squad. His accurate rifle fire killed five of the enemy and forced the remainder to flee. The enemy attacked in a human wave supported by grenades, rockets, automatic weapons, and small-arms fire. After assisting to repel the first enemy assault, he found that his squad's ammunition supply was nearly expended. Leaving the relative safety of his position, he crawled through intense enemy fire to secure additional ammunition and distribute it to his men. He rejoined his squad to beat back a renewed enemy onslaught, and moved about his area giving medical aid and assisting in the evacuation of the wounded. With the help of several men, he was preparing to move a severely wounded soldier when an enemy hand grenade was thrown into the group. The first to see it, Staff Sergeant Molnar threw himself on it and absorbed the deadly blast to save his comrades. |
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