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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.
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Nov 19, 2009 · Nov. 18, 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...
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Jun 12, 2006 · Military History: Interview with Colonel Lewis L. Millett. 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 ...
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 ...
Nov 18, 2009 · 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 ...
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Nov 19, 2009 · WASHINGTON (Nov. 19, 2009) -- Retired Col. Lewis L. Millett, who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what was reportedly the last major American bayonet charge, died...
Leo Thorsness. Lewis Millett. Born: December 15, 1920. Mechanic Falls, Maine. War: Korea. Rank: Captain, US Army, Company E , 27th Infantry Regiment. Location of action: Vicinity of Soam-Ni...
