24APR1951: Manning a defensive position near Taejon-ni in South Korea, CPL Hiroshi Miyamura and his company were hit by a large Chinese attack that threatened to overrun their lines. With the enemy already inside the wire, Miyamura quickly killed ten enemy soldiers with his bayonet before moving to one of his machine gun positions. Once there, he administered first aid to his wounded men and coordinated their evacuation. As a second wave of the attack struck, Miyamura manned the machine gun and laid down heavy fire into the advancing Chinese troops until he had expended all ammunition. About to be overrun, he ordered his men to fall back while he destroyed the machine gun. Moving to a secondary machine gun position, he helped that crew until his unit was ordered to withdraw. To cover his men's movement, Miyamura stayed on the gun and killed at least 50 Chinese troops before he was seriously wounded, the position overrun, and he was taken prisoner. CPL Hiroshi Miyamura was submitted and approved for the Medal of Honor but the news was classified as Top Secret. With Miyamura in Chinese captivity, there was a concern that if it became known how much devastation he had caused in their ranks, he may not make it home from the POW camp. Released after 28 months of captivity in August of 1953, Miyamura was presented the Medal of Honor by President Eisenhower in October of that year.

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