Master Sgt. Ernest R. Kouma was no stranger to combat. Having served with 9th ID across Europe during WW2, he knew that more souls needed stacking, and Korea was right up his alley.
On the night of Aug 31, 1950, Kouma and his M26 Tank of the 2nd ID were part of a defensive perimeter around Pusan when a large enemy force launched a devastating attack.
With the majority of the tanks destroyed and the infantry withdrawinhg, Kouma and his crew singlehandedly held off the assault waves for over 9 hours.
During one assault, communists forces surrounded Kouma's tank, so he crawled out of the turret despite a hail of gunfire coming at him and used the mounted 50 cal to fire it at point-blank range into the enemy.
When he ran out of ammo, he used his pistol and grenades to keep them off the tank.
Kouma, now twice wounded, ordered his tank to withdraw back to friendly lines, driving through 8 miles of enemy territory and taking out 3 MG positions along the way.
Kouma had managed to kill over 250 enemy soldiers.
Once he returned to the lines, he began resupplying his tank in order to get back into the fight, but was ordered by his superiors to stand down numerous times.
His actions would later earn him the Medal of Honor.
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