On February 26, 1951, Cpl. Einar H Ingamn Jr. was serving with Co. E, 17th IR, 7th ID, in Korea. On that day, near the town of Malta-ri, he was among two squads of men tasked with assaulting a fortified ridge-top position. When both squad leaders were wounded, Ingman 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. He continued his attack on the machine gun, firing his rifle and killing the remaining crew with his bayonet, until falling unconscious.
Evacuated to Tokyo, Ingman regained consciousness seven days later and underwent 23 surgeries. 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. President Harry Truman formally presented him with the Medal of Honor on July 5. Upon arriving home in Tomahawk, WI, the townspeople gave him a new house and boat during a celebration of his return. #zerofucks #nofucks #stayzero #hero