Robert J. Modrzejewski
U.S. Marine Corps/Vietnam
O
ver a period of three days ,
C apt . R obert J.
M odrzejewski and his men fought at close quarters
against a regiment-size North Vietnamese concentration.
Wounded by shrapnel, he ran and crawled 200 yards to retrieve
ammunition and deliver it to vulnerable troops; he later called in
artillery strikes within a few yards of the Marine positions.
Decimated by casualties and surrounded, Modrzejewski’s
company was running out of ammunition when the enemy
attacked. Facing more than 1,000 soldiers, he reorganized his men
for close combat and again called in danger- close air strikes.
Then, sometime before dark, for reasons Modrzejewski never
fully understood, the North Vietnamese force broke off its assault
and withdrew into the mountains.
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for what he received.
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