Korea Vet Finds Gun-Pointing Rescuer: ; Soldier Pulled Pistol, Threatened Those Who Wanted to Leave Wounded Buddy Behind

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SCOTT DEPOT - A West Virginia Korean war veteran has been reunited with two men who helped save his life after being wounded in battle.

Richard Hager was carrying a wounded soldier down a hill on Oct. 9, 1951, near Mag-o-ri, when a mortar round exploded in front of them and shell fragments sliced into his stomach and left leg.

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Korea Vet Finds Gun-Pointing Rescuer: ; Soldier Pulled Pistol, Threatened Those Who Wanted to Leave Wounded Buddy Behind

Some soldiers and a medic found him and began carrying him across a stream.

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