Sgt. Rodney M. Davis

<p> </p><p><strong>How Far Would You Go to Honor a Code?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Honor. Courage. Commitment. These are the pillars of United States Marine Corps values.</p><p> </p><p>So why Sgt. Rodney M. Davis lunged atop that enemy grenade at the expense of his own life on Sept. 6, 1967 is the quintessential question that has haunted not only those who stood closest to him at that critical moment, but his own family and friends for over fifty years now.</p><p> </p><p>Why would a young African-American with a beautiful wife and two infant children eagerly awaiting his return home from Vietnam commit such a noble and courageous, yet sacrificial act? And for Marines he barely knew if at all? And for a country that often treated him like a second-class citizen at the time?</p><p> </p><ol><li>was a brave man and a good Marine. My grandfather always told me that if [Davis] had not jumped on that grenade, every Marine in that trench would have been seriously injured