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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.
- Lewis Lee Millett
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- December 15, 1920, Mechanic Falls, Maine, U.S.
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Mar 6, 2023 · Army Col. Lewis Millett Sr. ) Millett was born Dec. 15, 1920, in Mechanic Falls, Maine. His parents, George and Elsie, divorced when he was a toddler, so he moved with his mother to Dartmouth ...
Capt. Millett led his company in a bayonet charge against a strongly held position in Korea and was wounded by grenade fragments. He refused evacuation until the objective was secured and received the Medal of Honor in 1951.
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Nov 18, 2009 · Learn about the life and career of Colonel Lewis Millett, who fought in three wars and earned the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge in Korea. Read his interview on his experiences in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, and his views on weapons, tactics and leadership.
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Jun 12, 2006 · Colonel Lewis L. Millett, a Medal of Honor recipient, shares his experiences in three wars and his military career. He talks about his desertion, his radar training, his tank battles, his plane shootdown and his awards.
Nov 19, 2009 · Col. Lewis L. Millett, an Army veteran of three wars who received the Medal of Honor for leading a rare bayonet charge up a hill in Korea, died Saturday in Loma Linda, Calif. He was 88.
Lewis Millett enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1940, then, when it appeared that the U.S. would not enter the war, went AWOL to join the Canadian Army. A gunner in London, when at last the U.S. did declare war, in the summer of 1942 Millett turned himself in to the American Embassy. For nearly two years his Army Air Corps unit had carried him ...
