Song 922 John Doran Kelly Featuring KAITO Vocaloid Original

Описание: Song and Video by Tracy Poe
This is the 36th song in a series dedicated to Junior enlisted Marines who were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Private First Class Kelly took out three machine gun nests before he was killed. An action that rallied his fellow Marines to win the battle.
Lyrics:
In Korea in 1952
Private first class Kelly led an assault
Into machine guns and grenades they threw
Destroying machine gun as a result

Though wounded he went after another
And assaulted an enemy bunker
Firing in he destroyed the other
So this Marine was a Chinese hunter

So then he went and assaulted a third
Firing point blank in the aperture
This action caused his comrades to be spurred
So he was an enemy scatterer

Mortally wounded he died on that day
But not before they took the hill to stay

Medal of Honor Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Radio Operator of Company C, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 28 May 1952. With his platoon pinned down by a numerically superior enemy force employing intense mortar, artillery, small-arms and grenade fire, Private First Class Kelly requested permission to leave his radio in the care of another man and to participate in an assault on enemy key positions. Fearlessly charging forward in the face of a murderous hail of machine-gun fire and hand grenades, he initiated a daring attack against a hostile strongpoint and personally neutralized the position, killing two of the enemy. Unyielding in the face of heavy odds, he continued forward and singlehandedly assaulted a machine-gun bunker. Although painfully wounded, he bravely charged the bunker and destroyed it, killing three of the enemy. Courageously continuing his one-man assault, he again stormed forward in a valiant attempt to wipe out a third bunker and boldly delivered point-blank fire into the aperture of the hostile emplacement. Mortally wounded by enemy fire while carrying out his heroic action, Private First Class Kelly, by his great personal valor and aggressive fighting spirit, inspired his comrades to sweep on, overrun and secure the objective. His extraordinary heroism in the face of almost certain death reflects the highest credit upon himself and enhances the finest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

/S/ DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER