On May 11, 1945, Private John R. McKinney was sleeping in his tent after a shift on guard duty in the Luzon area of the Philippines.
That night, over 100 Japanese soldiers silently infiltrated the camp, bypassing the sentries. One Japanese officer slid inside the tent and attacked McKinney with his katana, slicing one of his ears off.
McKinney was able to grab his rifle and beat the officer to death with it. He then ran outside, shot 7 more at point blank and killed 3 more with the butt of his rifle.
With more Japanese troops coming and under grenade and mortar fire, he took position and for 36 minutes, McKinney used his M1 to repeatedly kill waves of oncoming Japanese troops attempting to overrun him. When he couldn't fire anymore, he flipped his rifle around and began to club them to death or engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat.
When all was said and done, 40 Japanese soldiers of the 100 who attacked McKinney lay dead, including the two mortarmen... who were 45 yards away. He protected the fellow members of his company as they slept, killing one enemy soldier every 56 seconds for the duration of the attack.
For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (Photo doesn't depict action, person, location or testicle size) #ww2 #hardcore #stayzero #zerofoxtrot