On February 26, 1951, Cpl. Einar Ingman Jr. and the men of E. Co, 17th Inf. Reg, 7th ID were near the town of Malta-ri, Korea and were tasked with assaulting a fortified ridge-top position.
Under devastating enemy fire and with casualties mounting, he single-handedly attacked a machine gun nest which was firing on his group, tossing a hand grenade into the emplacement and killing the crew with his rifle.
While approaching a second machine gun, he was knocked to the ground and lost part of his left ear when a grenade exploded near his head. As he got to his feet, he was shot in the face by a Chinese soldier; the bullet entered his upper lip and exited behind his ear.
Despite this, he continued his attack on the machine gun, firing his rifle and killing the remaining crew with his bayonet, until falling unconscious.
Ingman regained consciousness seven days later in a hospital in Tokyo. His left eye was destroyed, his left ear was deaf, and he had suffered a brain injury which rendered him a complete amnesiac, unable to recall his own name. After having emergency brain surgery, his memories slowly returned, although he never regained any memory of being shot or of the events which immediately followed, and has had continued memory trouble for the rest of his life.
After 23 surgeries in under 2 years, Ingman was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Upon returning home to Tomahawk, WI, the townspeople gave him a new house and boat..most likely to store his massive sack. #hardcore #stayzero #zerofoxtrot