Steve Milano
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Some stories stay with you-especially when they come from your father. Mine is a Marine, and this is one he made sure l never forgot.
October 1951. Hill 765 in Korea. Every assault up that hill was cut down by enemy machine-gun fire. Officers were gone, the attack stalled, and the situation looked finished.
Then there was Master Sergeant Woodrow
"Woody" Keeble.
He was already badly wounded-shrapnel, gunshots, a damaged knee. He was supposed to stay back.
He didn't.
Alone, he crawled forward into enemy fire with grenades. One bunker— gone. Then another. Then a third. The same positions that had stopped everyone else.
The guns went silent. His company moved in and took the hill.
Later, he said he did it because someone had to show the younger men how to fight.
That tells you everything.
His men tried twice to get him the Medal of Honor. Both times, it disappeared. He passed away in 1982 without it.
In 2008, he was finally awarded it— becoming the first full-blooded Sioux to receive the Medal of Honor.
Long overdue.
Stories like this remind me of my dad and the men he served with-quiet professionals who didn't talk much, but when they did, it meant something.
Woodrow Keeble.
A name worth remembering. 🙏🇺🇸🙏
Photo courtesy of springfieldsdveterans.com

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