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Members of the U.S. Military Academy Cadet Spirit Band salute as Medal of Honor recipient Rodolfo P. Hernandez (sitting in the golf cart, wearing a white shirt) is escorted off the field after conducting the coin toss before Army/Louisiana Tech game at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Sept. 29, 2013. Hernandez - then an Army Cpl. with Company G, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team - earned America's highest military decoration in Korea on May 31, 1951, during a battle on Hill 420, near Wonton-ni. After his rifle ruptured, he continued attacking the enemy with his bayonet, enabling his comrades to regroup and take back the hill. He suffering grenade, bayonet and bullet wounds in the battle. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
| Date Taken: | 09.29.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2013 17:35 |
| Photo ID: | 1028153 |
| VIRIN: | 130929-A-ZU930-002 |
| Resolution: | 2954x1839 |
| Size: | 1.34 MB |
| Location: | DALLAS, TEXAS, US |
| Web Views: | 36 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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