Richard E. Bush
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 79 years 167 days (953 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Richard Earl Bush (December 23, 1924 – June 7, 2004) was a United States Marine master gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor as a corporal for heroism on Okinawa during World War II.
On April 16, 1945, Cpl.Bush placed himself on a thrown enemy grenade, absorbing the force of the explosion, saving the lives of his fellow Marines and corpsmen.
In World War II, twenty-seven Marines similarly used their bodies against thrown enemy grenades in order to save their comrades' lives.
Four of these Marines survived and were awarded the Medal of Honor — Richard Bush, Jacklyn H.Lucas, Carlton R.Rouh, and Richard K.
Sorenson.
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