Retired Ranger Col. Ralph Puckett, 94, to receive Medal of Honor for Korean War battle
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Retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett stands alongside troops as they prepare to start a foot march during the 2021 David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning, Ga., April 16. (Sgt. Henry Villarama/Army)
Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett was a young lieutenant when he led 51 Rangers and nine Korean soldiers across 800 yards of frozen rice paddies to seize and hold a key hill overlooking the Chongchon River in what is now North Korea.
They lost four Rangers and one Korean in the assault, but another battle was still to come.