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DOD: Medal of Honor Monday - Army Maj. Carl H. Dodd
January 31, 2022
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature:

By Katie Lange

Army Maj. Carl Henry Dodd hadn't been an officer for long when he led a platoon of soldiers into a lopsided fight on a hillside in Korea. They were outnumbered and at a disadvantage, but Dodd's resolve pushed his men to give it their all and win the day. For that, he earned the Medal of Honor.

Dodd was born April 21, 1925, in Cote, Kentucky, as the f . . .

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