He was shot through the arm and thrown to the ground but continued to lead the assault, pausing only to aid a wounded marine before hurling hand grenades into enemy bunkers.

On the 18th, Attala moored at Saipan to take on wounded marines for passage back to the United States.

James Brown as wounded marine (uncredited)

The general not only relented, but also invited me to come to the hospital with him to meet wounded marines who had just been evacuated from Grenada.

Thirty-five years ago a couple of colleagues and I were criticized for crossing over that line when we pulled a wounded marine out of a firing line in Vietnam.

After transporting wounded marines to Guam for hospital care, Ozark reported to Transport Squadron 13 at Leyte rehearsing for the invasion of Okinawa.

By sunset, Corpsman Smith's ambulance overflowed with his wounded marines, and even some Iraqis he had tried to save.

He earned the medal as an enlisted man for ignoring heavy fire and his own severe injuries to drag a wounded marine to safety.

He went on to quote a soldier who described an Iraqi who had "really excelled, kicking in the doors, clearing the houses, running out into fire to pick up wounded marines."

A year later, back at Camp Lejeune, N.C., I was making calls to the families of wounded marines a difficult duty even when the wounds were minor.