▁his ▁com r ades ▁and ▁def iance ▁at ▁the ▁enemy , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁br unt ▁of ▁the ▁attack , ▁fear lessly ▁expos ing ▁himself ▁to ▁locate ▁enemy ▁soldiers ▁and ▁then ▁pour ing ▁heavy ▁fire ▁on ▁them . ▁He ▁repeatedly ▁craw led ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁line ▁to ▁secure ▁more ▁am mun ition . ▁When ▁his ▁subm achine ▁gun ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁operate , ▁he ▁seized ▁an ▁automatic ▁rif le ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁inf lict ▁heavy ▁cas ual ties . ▁This ▁weapon , ▁in ▁turn , ▁became ▁too ▁hot ▁to ▁use ▁and , ▁disc arding ▁it , ▁he ▁continued ▁with ▁an ▁M - 1 ▁rif le . ▁At ▁dawn ▁the ▁enemy ▁attacked ▁with ▁renew ed ▁intensity . ▁Comple t ely ▁expos ing ▁himself ▁to ▁host ile ▁fire , ▁he ▁stood ▁ere ct ▁to ▁locate ▁the ▁most ▁dangerous ▁enemy ▁positions . ▁He ▁was ▁seriously ▁wounded ; ▁but , ▁though ▁he ▁had ▁already ▁killed ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁of ▁the ▁enemy , ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁ev acu ate ▁until ▁he ▁had ▁pointed ▁out ▁immediate ▁object ives ▁for ▁attack . ▁Through ▁his ▁sust ained ▁and ▁out standing ▁hero ism ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁grave ▁and ▁obvious ▁danger , ▁P vt . ▁McC arter ▁made ▁out standing ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁his ▁company ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁re capt ure ▁of ▁Cor reg idor ." ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁ ▁McC arter ▁was ▁dis charg ed ▁from ▁military ▁service ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁due ▁to ▁w ounds ▁received ▁in ▁the ▁action ▁on ▁Cor