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Corporal Perkins was a combat photographer during Operation MEDINA, a major reconnaissance in force southwest of Quang Tri. His company made heavy combat contact with a numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force estimated at from two to three companies. The focal point of the intense fighting was a helicopter landing zone which was also serving as the Command Post for the company. In the course of a strong hostile attack, an enemy grenade landed in the immediate area occupied by Corporal Perkins and three other Marines. Realizing the inherent danger, he shouted the warning, "Incoming Grenade" to his fellow Marines, and in a valiant act of heroism, hurled himself upon the grenade absorbing the impact of the explosion with his body, thereby saving the lives of his comrades at the cost of his life. |
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William Perkins is the only combat correspondent/photographer from any branch of service in history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. |
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