Private First Class Luther H. Story of Buena Vista, Georgia, received the Medal of Honor posthumously for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division at Agok, Korea, on 1 September 1950. During a savage daylight attack by elements of three enemy divisions that penetrated the thinly held lines of the 9th Infantry, Company A beat off several Banzai attacks but was bypassed and faced being cut off and surrounded. After moving his weapons squad to a position overlooking the Naktong River, Story saw a large enemy force crossing the river to attack Company A, seized a machinegun from his wounded gunner, and fired into the hostile column, killing or wounding an estimated 100 enemy soldiers. When the company commander ordered a withdrawal, Story saw an enemy truck loaded with troops and towing an ammunition trailer approaching, warned his comrades to take cover, stood in the middle of the road throwing grenades into the truck, then crawled back for more grenades and attacked it again. Later, when the company was forced to deploy in a rice field under attack by superior numbers, he was wounded but ignored his wounds, rallied the men around him, and helped repel the attack. Knowing that his wounds would hinder his comrades, he refused to retire to the next position and stayed behind to cover the company's withdrawal; when last seen, he was firing every weapon available and fighting off another hostile assault.