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Melvin Louis Brown was a United States Army soldier during the Korean War. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 4, 1950, during the Battle of Ka-san. He was 19 year
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The 8th Engineer Battalion is a brigade engineer battalion of the United States Army, which traces its history back to 1916. The battalion is based at Fort Cavazos, Texas, as part of the 2nd Brigade C
Melvin L. Brown
…July 1950 when he was deployed to Korea in the first weeks of the war there. While in Korea, Brown served as a private first class in Company D of the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion. On September 4, 1950, near Kasan, his platoon was taking a hill when they came under enemy attack. Brown took up a position near a wall and, although…
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8th Engineer Battalion in Vietnam 1968
Soldiers from the 8th Engineer Battalion and other units conduct a site survey in Afghanistan 2011
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