Audio by Cpl. Savannah Mosby | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 05.15.2019
I'm Corporal Savannah Mosby with your Marine Minute. On this day in Marine Corps history in 1862, Corporal John F. Mackie showed great courage aboard U.S.S. Galena during the attack on Fort Darling at Drury's Bluff, James River, Richmond, Virginia. Mackie's acts of bravery and rifle expertise during that battle in the Civil War made him the first Marine to earn the medal......
