Late Army Cpl. Luther H. Story's bravery during the Korean War earned him the Medal of Honor -- and cost him his life. Until now, no one knew where his body was.
May 29, 2023 / 4:57 AM Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal.
"I don't have to worry about him anymore," said Wade, who was born four years after her uncle went missing overseas."I'm just glad he's home." "Momma talked about eating sweet potatoes three times a day," said Wade, whose mother, Gwendolyn Story Chambliss, was Luther Story's older sister."She used to talk about how at night her fingers would be bleeding from picking cotton out of the bolls. Everybody in the family had to do it for them to exist."
On Sept. 1, 1950, near the village of Agok on the Naktong River, Story's unit came under attack by three divisions of North Korean troops that moved to surround the Americans and cut off their escape.
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