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Dear colonel Lewis L. Millett I had wrote this
Letter to thank you for what you did for us here in the usa. Well my name is Luis Isidoro and I am in the J.R.O.T program. I have been studding, working, and learning about the J.R.O.T program where I learn about the metal of honor.

I also read that you where in During the Korean War, as Company Commander of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Division, near Soam-Ni, Korea. And also that you lead your men on February 7, 1951 where you run up a 180 hill Operation Punch.

Throwing grenades, turning back to call for more firepower when he saw the ground ahead crawling with Chinese soldiers, he seemed constantly upright and exposed standing under fire, urging the others on.

At the crest he took shrapnel from a grenade. The men saw him silhouetted on the skyline and heard him now, shouting "Use grenades and cold steel!" Of 47 enemy dead, 18 had been killed by the bayonet.

Place of birth
Mechanic Falls, Maine
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1937-1940; 1942-1973
Rank
Colonel
Unit
Company E, 27th Infantry Regiment
Millett served during World War II and the Korean War for seven years. Lewis Millett was born on December 15, 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine. He joined the National Guard when he was 17 years old. In 1940, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps where he served as an air gunner; he joined the Canadian Army when it appeared that the U.S. would not enter the war.In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving with the 1st Armored Division. During World War II, he earned Bronze Star and after reaching the rank of sergeant, he was awarded a battlefield commission. After the War, he joined the 103rd Infantry of the Maine National Guard.

He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1949.

During the Korean War, as Company Commander of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Division, near Soam-Ni, Korea, Millett lead his men in "the most complete bayonet charge by American troops since the Civil War." On February 7, 1951, Millett led his men up Hill 180 as part of Operation Punch. Throwing grenades, turning back to call for more firepower when he saw the ground ahead crawling with Chinese soldiers, he seemed constantly upright and exposed standing under fire, urging the others on. At the crest he took shrapnel from a grenade. The men saw him silhouetted on the skyline and heard him now, shouting "Use grenades and cold steel!" Of 47 enemy dead, 18 had been killed by the bayonet. For his courage and leadership in the action, Captain Millett was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Millett was presented the Medal of Honor on July 5, 1951 by President Harry S. Truman in a White House ceremony.