Charles T Becker

'Don't make me a hero': Daughter shares story of US Marine dad who fought at ...

• The morning of Feb. 23, the fifth day of intense battle, Richard was introduced to Sergeant Charles Becker while in the command post for the Second Battalion. Becker was the team chief of Air Liaison Party No. 4, which was part of the Joint Assault Signal Company and was attached to Richard's regimwhen a mortar barrage rained down on the command post. Richard dove in his foxhole with Sayers on top of him, and Becker took a direct hit and was killed instantly. Richard and Sayers were both wounded in the attack and evacuated, but Richard never forgot Becker. Charles Becker was only 21 old.A few months later, a nephew of Charles Becker contacted me and wanted so much to speak to my father about his uncle, but Daddy was in the hospital unconscious from a cerebral hemorrhage. He said he was a retired drill instructor from Parris Island and belonged to a Marine Corps League, and they wa
• Date: Feb 19, 2015
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google