LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND is the credo of the U.S. Infantry.

When his platoon was ambushed, Dan crawled over a re-swept terrain to successfully retrieve the body of his sergeant. Decades later, at a reunion he learned that he had been cited for The Silver Star Medal, but the Jeep carrying the citation was blown up by mortar rounds.

Lt. Sidney (Col. retired), company commander was informed by artillery’s forward observer that Jesus Camacho was lying dead the day of the ambush. “Sid”, and two men crossed the Imjin River in daylight,...