Peter Charles Lemon is a former United States Army soldier and recipient of the U.S. military’s highest award, the Medal of Honor.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 1, 1970, while serving in the Tây Ninh Province during the Vietnam War, according to War History Online.
Lemon is the only Canadian-born U.S. citizen to receive the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War, and he’s the eighth-youngest living recipient of the award. He also is one of the few people that have copped to being stoned during battlefield engagement.
“We were all partying the night before. We weren’t expecting any action because we were in a support unit,” Lemon said. “It was the only time I ever went into combat stoned. You get really alert when you are stoned because you have to be.”
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mihitnrun on June 21st, 2017 at 19:02 UTC »
God I hope I'm not the only one who thought the title meant that a third round of Vietcong forces resorted to using stones since they were like "Fuck it, I don't think bullets work on this guy"
Warrenwelder on June 21st, 2017 at 15:28 UTC »
Good God, Lemon.
TooShiftyForYou on June 21st, 2017 at 14:20 UTC »
When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sgt. Lemon engaged a numerically superior enemy with machine gun and rifle fire from his defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. He then used hand grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his direction. After eliminating all but 1 of the enemy soldiers in the immediate vicinity, he pursued and disposed of the remaining soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Despite fragment wounds from an exploding grenade, Sgt. Lemon regained his position, carried a more seriously wounded comrade to an aid station, and, as he returned, was wounded a second time by enemy fire. Disregarding his personal injuries, he moved to his position through a hail of small arms and grenade fire. Sgt. Lemon immediately realized that the defensive sector was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the enemy soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. He was wounded yet a third time, but his determined efforts successfully drove the enemy from the position. Securing an operable machine gun, Sgt. Lemon stood atop an embankment fully exposed to enemy fire, and placed effective fire upon the enemy until he collapsed from his multiple wounds and exhaustion. After regaining consciousness at the aid station, he refused medical evacuation until his more seriously wounded comrades had been evacuated.
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