![]() His men repelled five waves of Chinese troops over four hours into the early morning. ![]() That evening in near zero-degree weather, Puckett heard the Chinese signal with bugles and whistles that they were mounting a counterattack. ![]() He ran across an open area three times to draw enemy fire, military records show, allowing the Rangers to locate and destroy enemy positions and seize the hill. 25, 1950, he led about 50 Rangers against Chinese forces atop Hill 205 near Unsan, Korea. ![]() “Sir, I volunteer to be a sergeant or rifleman, if you’ll take me into that Ranger Company,” Puckett recalled saying. He was assigned to Japan when he volunteered for the Eighth Army Ranger Company, a unit formed shortly after the Korean War began. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1949. ![]() Born in Tifton, Puckett graduated from the U.S. ![]()
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