The man is Beauford T. Anderson, or simply Andy. Born in Wisconsin, Andy enlisted in the US Army in 1942 at the age of 20. By 1944, Andy was already in the Pacific, slaying Japs in the Philippines, receiving Bronze Stars and pretty much not giving a single a fuck.
In 1945, his unit (96th ID) landed on Okinawa and Andy found himself on the Kakazu Ridge. On April 13, the Japanese conducted a predawn counterattack on his unit's flank. Andy ordered his men to take cover in an old tomb, and then, armed only with a carbine, faced the onslaught alone. After emptying 1 magazine at pointblank range into the screaming attackers, he seized an enemy mortar dud and threw it back among the charging enemy Japanese soldiers, killing several as it burst. Securing a box of mortar shells, he extracted the safety pins, banged the bases upon a rock to arm them and proceeded alternately to hurl shells and fire his piece among the fanatical foe, finally forcing them to withdraw. Despite the protests of his comrades, and bleeding profusely from a severe shrapnel wound, he made his way to his company commander to report the action like a boss.
For his actions, T/Sgt. Anderson was awarded the Medal of Honor. #zerofucks #nofucks #stayzero #military #ww2 #greatestgeneration