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Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific

By Marlin Groft & Larry Alexander

15 Months in Sog : A Warrior's Tour

By Thom Nicholson

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60615" data-attributes="member: 6852"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SURNAME</li> </ul> Plumlee <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FORENAME</li> </ul> Earl D. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UNIT</li> </ul> C Company, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RANK</li> </ul> Staff Sergeant <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NUMBER</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AWARD</li> </ul> Medal of Honor <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PLACE</li> </ul> Afghanistan 2013 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</li> </ul> home town Merritt, Oklahoma 10.1998 enlisted Oklahoma Army National Guard 2000 high school graduation 05.2000 - 12.2008 Marine Corps, and Marine Corps Reserve 05.02.2009 enlisted U.S. Army originally awarded Silver Star, upgraded to Medal of Honor, December 2021 12.2021 currently Senior Weapons Sergeant HQ, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-plumlee.36103/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36103-d5df1913945542c04280dc8fcfe7daae.jpg?1639176646" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-plumlee.36102/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36102-de8422e026bb75719c2ff4061c241d3b.jpg?1639176645" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> While deployed to Afghanistan, then-Staff Sergeant Plumlee instantly responded to a complex enemy attack that began with a massive explosion that tore a sixty-foot breach in the base’s perimeter wall.  Ten insurgents wearing Afghan National Army uniforms and suicide vests poured through the breach.  Staff Sergeant Plumlee and five Special Operations members, intent upon defending the base, mounted two vehicles and raced toward the site of the detonation.  The vehicles, now no longer under cover, came under effective enemy fire from the front and right.  Using his body to shield the driver from enemy fire, he instinctively reacted, exiting the vehicle while simultaneously drawing his pistol and engaging an insurgent to the vehicle’s right.  Without cover and with complete disregard for his own safety, he advanced on the superior enemy force engaging multiple insurgents with only his pistol.  Upon reaching cover, he killed two insurgents, one with a well-placed grenade and the other by detonating the insurgent’s suicide vest using precision sniper fire.  Again disregarding his own safety, he left cover and advanced alone against the superior enemy force engaging several combatants at close range, including an insurgent whose suicide vest exploded a mere seven meters from his position.  Undeterred and resolute, he joined a small group of American and Polish Soldiers, who moved from cover to counter-attack the infiltrators.  As the force advanced, he engaged an insurgent to his front left.  The wounded insurgent threw a grenade before detonating his suicide vest.  Staff Sergeant Plumlee then swung around and engaged another insurgent who charged the group from the rear.  The insurgent detonated his suicide vest, mortally wounding a U.S. Soldier.  Staff Sergeant Plumlee, with complete disregard for his own safety, ran to the wounded Soldier, carried him to safety, and rendered first aid.  He then organized three Polish Soldiers for defense, methodically cleared the area, remained in a security posture, and continued to scan for any remaining threats.</blockquote>

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