Medal of Honor recipient Rodolfo P. Hernandez poses
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Medal of Honor recipient Rodolfo P. Hernandez poses for a photo with members of the U.S. Military Academy Rabble Rousers, before participating in the coin toss before the Army Black Knights took on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Sept. 29, 2013. Hernandez - then an Army corporal with Company G, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team - earned America's highest military decoration in Korea on May 31, 1951, during a battle on Hill 420, near Wonton-ni. After his rifle ruptured, he continued attacking the enemy with his bayonet, enabling his comrades to regroup and take back the hill. He suffering grenade, bayonet and bullet wounds in the battle. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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