On the night of March 26, 1953, Chinese soldiers attacked and on March 27 overran, two of three Marine hill outposts in North Korea manned by Marines from the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division named Vegas, Carson, and Reno (Vegas and Reno were overrun) Vegas was considered to be the most important outpost and the highest outpost that supported the other two outposts. Fox Company, 2/7 Marines were then committed to the fight for Vegas. William Charette and the other Fox Company corpsmen faced a growing number of casualties exposed to hostile small arms and mortar fire. When an enemy grenade landed near Charette and a badly wounded Marine he was aiding, he placed himself on top of the Marine in order to shield him from the explosion, and in doing so, the grenade's blast tore off Charette's helmet and destroyed his medical bag and knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, he found his face bleeding from shrapnel wounds and he couldn't see. He recovered enough to continue to aid Marines in the battle using torn parts of his uniform in order to dress battle wounds. In another instance, he removed his battle vest and placed it on another wounded Marine whose vest was destroyed from another explosion. In yet another instance, he attended to five Marines who were wounded in a trench from another explosion, and then stood up in the trench exposing himself to incoming rounds in order to carry the one most serious wounded comrade to safety.Charlette sustained painful wounds during the day's battle. For his actions, William Charette was awarded the Medal of Honor. #stayzero #zerofoxtrot #hero