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Lee Phillips

Lee Phillips was a Corporal for the United States Army during the Korea War. He would recieved a Medal of Honor for his actions on Nov 4, 1950. Under heavy fire, Phillips led his men up a hill that no other regiment could penetrate, and defeated a heavier attack and was able to hold off a counter attack allowing the United States to take the hill. Making it over that hill, the US was able to make it to Chosin Reservoir. Phillips would survive the attack on that hill but would later be killed at the Chosin Reservoir. He is buried in the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Ga.

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Uploaded on January 31, 2010
Taken on January 31, 2010