during the fifth day of combat, john and his company were tasked with liberating the joan of arc school which was a strong hold of the communist's control of the city. as soon as john's company arrived, communist forces unleashed their machine guns with tremendous velocity, tremendous violence at the marines. undeterred, john and his comrad, alfredo gonzalez, charged forward with rocket launchers killing the enemy and driving them from their positions. the enemy didn't know what the hell happened. during this daring maneuver, sergeant gonzalez was shot and killed giving his life or his nation and for his fellow marines. today we are honored to be joined by sergeant gonzalez's