Colonel David Hackworth wrote about one of his soldiers in his book about face a soldier named private Henry C de Boer

This was during the Korean War and this soldier had not earned the best reputation.

He consistently tried to avoid combat, often going to sick called before dangerous missions and missing out on those

missions. But during one operation on the 6th of February 1951 de Boer was with his platoon

on an operation

and he got shot

on an open iced over rice patty.

And Hackworth, who was a sergeant at the time,

saw him

and hewerkwerkworth writes this in his book quote

now debourer was ashing, hitting the chest or gut.

I don't know. There was a lot of blood and he was well into shock.

I knew he wasn't going to make it.

Come on de Boer, you're going to be fine, you'll be all right, I said, giving him the old

peep talk as I grabbed his jacket collar and started sliding him across the ice.

But de Boer said, no, Sarge, just leave me.

You're going to get hit.

Just leave me, Sarge.

Then suddenly, he groaned.

And that was it.

He was gone. I left him and ran back.

De Boer in death became one of the greatest heroes of our outfit.

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