| 词条 | Joseph G. Clemons |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr. | honorific_suffix = | image = COL Joseph G. Clemons.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Colonel Joseph G. Clemons, Jr. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|04|30}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|5|15|1928|04|30}} | death_place = Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S. | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_coordinates = | allegiance = United States of America | branch = U.S. Army | serviceyears = 1946 – early 1970s | serviceyears_label = | rank = | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist|
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}} | memorials = | parents = | father = | mother = | spouse = Cecil Russell | children = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} Colonel Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr. (April 30, 1928 – May 15, 2018) was a decorated soldier in the United States Army in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War. His actions in the 1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill were the subject of a 1959 movie, Pork Chop Hill.{{r|Lentz-2003}} Early lifeClemons's father was also Joseph G. Clemons. Clemons lived for a while and attended elementary school in Hillsborough County, Florida.{{r|PlantCity}} Clemons graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1945 and enlisted in the Army, serving for eighteen months before being appointed to West Point.{{r|FormerPolyBoy}} He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1951 (Cullum number 18024).{{r|West-Point-Connection-Cullum}} During the Korean War, his residence was Arlington, Virginia.{{r|FormerPolyBoy}} Korean WarClemons was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross while serving as a platoon leader in Company K, 31st Infantry Regiment for "heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Kumhwa, Korea, October 28, 1952", a part of the Battle of Triangle Hill. In that action, Clemons led the attack platoon in a counterattack, leading multiple attacks with limited ammunition, including hand-to-hand fighting.{{r|FormerPolyBoy}}{{r|DSC}} On April 17, 1953,{{r|FormerPolyBoy}} after being assigned as the commanding officer of Company K while still a first lieutenant, he led the counterattack on Pork Chop Hill.{{r|Rubin-2017|p=75}} He was awarded the Silver Star for his part in this action.{{r|Hollywood-Bound}} In his Silver Star citation, Clemons's "gallantry, personal example, and outstanding leadership" was cited as the major factor in taking and holding the position, commenting further that "rarely in combat history has a force of the size committed on Pork Chop taken such losses ... and nevertheless continued to hold their position".{{r|FormerPolyBoy}}{{r|Hollywood-Bound}} At one point during the battle, Clemons estimated that he had lost approximately half his force.{{r|Marino-2006-06-12}} During the battle Clemons was reinforced by G Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, commanded by his brother-in-law, Walter B. Russell Jr.{{r|31inf}} Clemons and his command served as the centerpiece of a book by S.L.A. Marshall called Pork Chop Hill{{r|Hollywood-Bound}} which was turned into a 1959 movie, Pork Chop Hill.{{r|Lentz-2003}} In the movie, he was portrayed by Gregory Peck,{{r|Rubin-2017|p=75}} and Clemons served as a technical adviser.{{r|Hollywood-Bound}} Later careerAfter the Korean War, Clemons was stationed at Fort Campbell as an officer in the 101st Airborne Division.{{r|Hollywood-Bound}} Later in his service, he rose to the rank of Colonel and became the commander of 198th Infantry Brigade in 1969 during the Vietnam War. While commanding the 198th, he ordered that his personal helicopter be for medical resupply and evacuation missions. On a mission in 1970, he landed when one of his units was pinned down by intense enemy fire. Clemons ordered his pilot to pick up and evacuate the wounded while he remained on the ground; he was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for valor.{{r|2007-DGA}} He was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award in 2007 by the West Point Association of Graduates.{{r|2007-DGA}} He was interviewed in 2013 concerning a book.[1] Personal lifeIn 1952, Clemons married Cecil B. Russell, daughter of Major Walter B. Russell.{{r|Baltimore-Sun-1952-08-03}} In late 1973, Clemons passed the State of Hawaii examination for real estate salesman or broker.[2] Clemons died on May 15, 2018 in Hendersonville, North Carolina of complications from pneumonia at the age of 90.[3] References1. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-jcDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 |page=124 |title=Tragedy at Chu Lai: Reconstructing a Deadly Grenade Accident in a U.S. Army Classroom in Vietnam |date=July 10, 1969 |first1=David |last1=Venditta |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476624389}} [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]2. ^ {{cite news|title=Vitousek Real Estate Schools|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15938878/vitousek_real_estate_schools/|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=December 2, 1973|page=116|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 22, 2017}} {{free access}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joseph-clemons-jr-hero-of-pork-chop-hill-dies-at-90/2018/05/22/b96f3a5a-5d14-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html|title=Joseph G. Clemons, Hero of Pork Chop Hill, Dies at 90|publisher=The Washington Post|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}} 4. ^{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15936628/movie_based_on_plant_city_mans_record/ | date = 30 May 1959 | title = Movie Based on Plant City Man's Record | newspaper = The Tampa Times | page = 2 | via = Newspapers.com | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-22}} {{free access}} 5. ^{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15718936/miss_russell_betrothed_the_baltimore/ | date = 3 August 1952 | title = Miss Russell betrothed | newspaper = Baltimore Sun | edition = Sunday morning | at = sec. B, p. 14 (col. 5) | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171213015243/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15718936/miss_russell_betrothed_the_baltimore/ | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-12-13 | via = Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} 6. ^{{cite web | url = http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=7054 | date = n.d. | title = Joseph Gordon Clemons, Jr. | website = Hall of Valor | publisher = Military Times | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170513194529/http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=7054 | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-05-13}} 7. ^{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15718327/former_poly_boy_honored_the_baltimore/ | date = 31 July 1953 | title = Former Poly boy honored: Lieut. Joseph G. Clemons, Jr., wins D.S.C. in Korea | newspaper = Baltimore Sun | at = p.18 (col. 4) | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171213004824/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15718327/former_poly_boy_honored_the_baltimore/ | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-12-13 | via = Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} 8. ^{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15711789/ | date = 10 March 1958 | title = Paratroop Korean hero is Hollywood bound | newspaper = Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle | at = p. 10 (col. 3) | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171213012211/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15711789/the_leafchronicle/ | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-12-13 | via = Newspapers.com}} {{free access}} 9. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/?id=0Zk-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276&dq=%22Clemons%22#v=onepage&q&f=false | last = Lentz | first = Robert J. | date = 2003 | chapter = Pork Chop Hill | title = Korean war filmography: 91 English language features through 2000 | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, USA | isbn = 978-0-7864-3876-1 | pages = 276–284}} 10. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.historynet.com/korean-war-battle-on-pork-chop-hill.htm | last = Marino | first = Joseph I. | date = 12 June 2006 | orig-year = first published April 2003 in Military History magazine | title = Korean War: Battle on Pork Chop Hill | website = HistoryNet | department = Military History | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171109043744/http://www.historynet.com/korean-war-battle-on-pork-chop-hill.htm | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-11-09}} 11. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uHNvAeD4yR4C&pg=PA75 | last = Rubin | first = Steven Jay | date = 2017 | title = Combat films: American realism, 1945–2010 | edition = 2nd | publisher = McFarland | location = Jefferson, North Carolina, USA | isbn = 978-0-7864-5892-9}} 12. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1951/18024/ | date = n.d. | title = COL Joseph G. Clemons Jr. USA (retired) | website = West Point Connection | language = en | access-date = 2017-12-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084207/http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1951/18024/ | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2017-12-12}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=THE BLOODIEST YEAR—1953|url=http://www.31stinfantry.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Chapter-14.pdf|website=31stinfantry.org|accessdate=13 December 2017}} }} External links
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