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Specialist Fourth Class Olson was serving as a team leader while his company was participating in a mission to reinforce a reconnaissance platoon which was heavily engaged with a well-entrenched Viet Cong force. When his platoon moved into the area of contact and had overrun the first line of enemy bunkers, Olson and a fellow soldier moved forward of the platoon to investigate another suspected line of bunkers. As the two men advanced they were pinned down by intense automatic weapons fire from an enemy position ten meters to their front. With complete disregard for his safety, Specialist Fourth Class Olson exposed himself and hurled a hand grenade into the Viet Cong position. Failing to silence the hostile fire, he again exposed himself to the intense fire in preparation to assault the enemy position. As he prepared to hurl the grenade, he was wounded, causing him to drop the activated device within his own position. Realizing that it would explode immediately, he threw himself upon the grenade and pulled it in to his body to take the full force of the explosion. By this unselfish action he sacrificed his own life to save the lives of his comrades. His extraordinary heroism inspired his fellow soldiers to renew their efforts and totally defeat the enemy force. |
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