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A video series focusing on the history of USAG Camp Humphreys. THE JAMES MCRORY WIGHTMAN NCO ACADEMY HERE
ON CAMP HUMPHREYS WAS NAMED AFTER MSG
WIGHTMAN, A LIGHT MACHINE GUNNER THAT
SERVED DURING WORLD WAR 2 AND THE KOREAN
WAR. HE WAS PRESENT FOR THE D-DAY LANDING
AND TOOK PART IN THE LANDING AT INCHON
DURING THE KOREAN WAR SERVING AS A PLATOON
SERGEANT WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN
KOREA. WHILE BEING ENGAGED BY FORCES NEAR
TWI-GOL KOREA, IN A FIGHT THAT LASTED
NEARLY A WEEK, WIGHTMAN LED HIS PLATOON
AND KEPT THEM MOVING TOWARD THEIR
OBJECTIVE. DURING A DARING PUSH WIGHTMAN
MOVED OUT OF THE COVER HE AND HIS TROOPS
WERE BEHIND AND BEGAN TO DRAW FIRE FROM
HIS PLATOON ALLOWING THEM TO ADVANCE THE
OBJECTIVE. HE WAS SOON HIT BY MACHINE GUN
FIRE AND DIED MARCH 9, 1951. HIS SACRIFICE
SAVED TROOPS AND ACCOMPLISHED THE MISSION
EARNING HIM THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
CROSS.
| Date Taken: | 10.18.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.24.2022 20:18 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 861844 |
| VIRIN: | 221018-O-D0432-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_109285063 |
| Length: | 00:01:00 |
| Location: | KR |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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