Korean War veteran to receive silver star with help from students

[CabooseRvB]

[url=Stars and Stripes]http://www.stripes.com/news/korean-war-vet-gets-silver-star-60-years-later-with-help-from-students-1.206072[/url]

[quote]Pfc. Wuorinen was serving as an infantryman assigned to the 1st Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War.

During an effort to drive Chinese forces from a hill near Un-Dong, North Korea, Wuorinen’s unit came under intense attack from hostile forces. At one point, he and another soldier dragged a wounded lieutenant colonel to cover, then provided first aid to stabilize his condition. The two then held off Chinese soldiers until reinforcements and medical personnel arrived.

In describing the battle, the Army’s official history of the Korean War notes, “The enemy breached the wire entanglements and pushed through the mine fields into the trenches of the 9th Infantry Regiment. One platoon’s position was overrun but the remaining platoons held firm in their blocking positions until reinforcements arrived.[/quote]

[quote]According to a report in The Daily News of Longview, Wash., the lieutenant colonel and the other soldier who aided in his rescue received Silver Stars, but Wuorinen was mistakenly listed as a medic and was therefore ineligible for third-highest military decoration for valor.

Two years ago, the newspaper reported, a class at Naselle High School took up the cause of righting the mistake. Eventually, the local American Legion Post and government officials got involved.[/quote]

[Muthenfrucheir]

shouldn't a medic be able to get one too? he aided in the rescue either way.

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=Muthenfrucheir;39453624]shouldn't a medic be able to get one too? he aided in the rescue either way.[/QUOTE]

Aiding in rescue is the whole point of a medic.

It's like a demolition expert getting hazard pay - it's what they're expected and paid to do to begin with.

[jaredop]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;39453639]Aiding in rescue is the whole point of a medic.

It's like a demolition expert getting hazard pay - it's what they're expected and paid to do to begin with.[/QUOTE]

But they do get hazard pay