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Lewis Millett veteran of three wars -- earned MH

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Lewis Millett veteran of three wars -- earned MH in Korea leading the last company-sized bayonet attack.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant ... -wars.html

He was also the initial advisor to the Vietnamese Rangers.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he desert to the Canadian Army to fight prior to the US entering the war in WW2? I recall that from somewhere, but I can't recall where.

And in this context, desert is a strong word, but I don't think it really applies to someone who leaves a non fighting organization to join a fighting organization, and then comes back to his original organization once they enter the fight.
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Jim wrote:Lewis Millett veteran of three wars -- earned MH in Korea leading the last company-sized bayonet attack.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant ... -wars.html

He was also the initial advisor to the Vietnamese Rangers.
He was awarded his MOH while serving as a Wolfhound, he also was awarded the DSC for a second bayonet charge one month later.
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MH citation. There is a link to his DSC citation, also.

http://legionofvalor.org/lov_citation/l ... millett-1/
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COL Millett telling the story of the bayonet charge he led in Korea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9H7XplkI54
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Military History: Interview with Colonel Lewis L. Millett

http://www.historynet.com/military-hist ... illett.htm
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Military History: Interview with Colonel Lewis L. Millett

http://www.historynet.com/military-hist ... illett.htm
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