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102 moments · 1775-04-19T00:00:00Z CE – 2025-11-10T00:00:00Z CE · by @athan · @athan
Ray Davis leads 1/7 over the mountains to Fox Company
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Lt. Col. **Raymond G. Davis** led the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, eight miles across the mountains at night in a snowstorm, over three ridges, to relieve Fox Company and hold Toktong Pass until both regiments from Yudam-ni had passed through. He brought out all his wounded, including 22 stretcher cases, and received the Medal of Honor. **Read more:** [Raymond G. Davis — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_G._Davis) *Image: Wikimedia Commons (Lt. Col. Ray Davis, 1952; U.S. Marine Corps photo).*
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