We lost a great American yesterday that I had to the honor to personally know.

Ronald Rosser, Medal of Honor recipient who fought in Korea, passed away at age 90 on Wednesday.

He was one of a kind.
He was the second oldest of 17 kids.

The son of a coal miner and a homemaker.
His first stint in the Army was for 3 years.

He got out and went to work with his dad in the coal mines.

His brother enlisted in the Army and was sent to Korea and was later KIA.
Ron re-enlisted and requested to be put on the front lines.

He wanted revenge.
In Ron’s own words:

“We were a close knit family.  I sat around trying to think about what to do.  I was the oldest son.  When somebody bothered my family, I punched their lights out, so to speak.  If someone bothered one of my sisters, they& #39;d better leave town.”
Ron worked as a Forward Observer in some well-known Korean Battles.

Bloody Ridge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge

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In Ron’s words:
During one of his unit’s assaults his actions earned him the Medal of Honor.

His citation:
Eventually he made is way back to Washington DC where Harry Truman presented him with his Medal of Honor.
One of his brothers, a Marine, was KIA in Vietnam and Ron wanted to head back to the front lines, but the Army wouldn’t let him.

Instead he retired.

“I told the Pentagon that if wasn& #39;t going to treat me like a soldier, I wanted out of this outfit.”
An additional link to read his full life story and thoughts about war, death, and his Medal of Honor:

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Rest easy, Ron.

I’ll catch you on the other side.
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