Seven decades ago, members of the United Nations force in Korea were under heavy fire as Chinese forces pushed to retake Kowang-San, a strategically important mountain. Artillery and mortar fire pounded United Nations positions as enemy forces surged forward. There, Pfc. Noah Knight found himself staging what would become a last stand, taking out a larger enemy advance aiming to overwhelm his unit.

The Second Battle of Kowang-San is better known among Canadian military history, but a large American contingent took part. Pfc. Knight, a 21-year-old U.S. Army soldier from South Carolina, was serving with Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He joined the Army in 1948, according to the Department of Defense, and was sent to Korea in 1951, eventually ending up at Kowang-San

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