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21477
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On July 25, 1950, North Korean troops invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War. Sixteen nations, including the US, committed troops to defend South Korea. Almost 800 North Carolinians were killed. One, medic PFC Bryant E. Womack of Rutherford County, was killed March 12, 1952. He was twenty years old and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In May 1955, work began at Fort Bragg for a hospital to be built in his name. Womack Army Hospital is today a major army medical center and the only such facility honoring an enlisted man.
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Recall (NoCar F 252 .R43), Vol. 13 Issue 2, Fall 2007, p9-10
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Record #:
13564
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Native North Carolinian, Corporal Jerry K. Crump, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War. Crump shot at least 17 Korean soldiers in defense of American lines and saved four fallen soldiers, dragging them from the field, into his fox hole for protection. When the enemy threw a grenade into Crump's fox hole, Crump rolled on the grenade, shielding the wounded soldiers he previously saved.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 16, Sept 1952, p9
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