Скачать или смотреть Song 1047 Richard Keith Sorenson Featuring KAITO Vocaloid Original

Song and Video by Tracy Poe
This is the 43rd song in a series dedicated to junior enlisted Marines who won the Medal of Honor and lived. Private Sorenson saved five other Marines when he jumped on a grenade that landed in a shell hole they were occupying on Namur Island during World War II.
Lyrics:
Private Sorenson at Namur Island
February 1st 1944
Six Marines were in a shell hole they manned
On D-day plus one on that foreign shore

Then there was a grenade thrown in their midst
With complete disregard for his safety
Sorenson fell on it and took the hit
And the other five got away wound free

So in the spirit of self sacrifice
There in the face of almost certain death
That day with his body he paid the price
Yet he lived and went on to still draw breath

He won the Medal of Honor that day
Thanking him were the five Marines he saved

Medal of Honor Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with an assault battalion attached to the Fourth Marine Division during the battle of Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, on February 1–2, 1944. Putting up a brave defense against a particularly violent counterattack by the enemy during invasion operations, Private Sorenson and five other Marines occupying a shellhole were endangered by a Japanese grenade thrown into their midst. Unhesitatingly, and with complete disregard for his own safety, Private Sorenson hurled himself upon the deadly weapon, heroically taking the full impact of the explosion. As a result of his gallant action, he was severely wounded, but the lives of his comrades were saved. His great personal valor and exceptional spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of almost certain death were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

/S/ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT