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Purple Heart (4) Air Medal (2) Lewis Lee Millett Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge. He enlisted in the U.S. National Guard while still in high school and then in 1940 joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Mar 6, 2023 · For his bravery and leadership, Millett received the Medal of Honor on July 5, 1951, from President Harry S. Truman during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. Three other Korean War ...
Oct 8, 2004 · Lee Millett, Jr., a Vietnam War veteran who served in special operations in an airborne recon unit, has refused to accept the $80,000 artist's commission for his sculpture, and donated the entire amount to the POW/MIA Memorial. Millett, of Idyllwyld, modestly waived off accolades at the groundbreaking on POW/MIA Day 2004.
Aug 12, 2005 · The centerpiece of the POW/MIA Memorial is a dramatic sculpture by Lewis Lee Millett, Jr., a member of the American Legion who served, first, in Vietnam in 1972, and later in the 25th Infantry Division and 101st Airborne (1974-77).
Jun 12, 2006 · In the course of his 35-year military career, Lewis L. Millett received the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars, four Purple Hearts, three Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal and numerous foreign awards -- until he stopped accepting them. by HistoryNet Staff 6/12/2006.
Photo Gallery. Videos. More Information. U.S. Army Captain Lewis Lee "red" Millett was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Korean War.
Jul 24, 2018 · Colonel Lewis Lee Millett is a combat-decorated veteran of three wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam. On February 7, 1951, then Captain Millett earned the Medal of Honor for leading two platoons in a desperate and savage bayonet charge to the top of a windswept, fortified Chinese- held hill in Korea. He made five combat paratroop jumps in his ...
