The tank firing range complex was named after Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., a Winnebago Native American from Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
According to Taro Leaf (a publication "of, by and for those who served" the glorious 24th Infantry Division), a member of the 19th Infantry, Corporal Red Cloud was the first to spot a Chinese enemy force approaching Company E's bridgehead in Korea. He sprang to his feet and fired his BAR until enemy fire felled him. Pulling himself to his feet, he wrapped an arm around a tree and continued firing until fatally wounded by enemy fire on his unprotected position.
This heroic act stopped the enemy from overrunning his company's position and gained time for reorganization and evacuation of the wounded.
Corporal Red Cloud's dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrifice reflects the highest credit upon himself and upholds the esteemed traditions of the Army of the United States.
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