Ririe honors 20-year-old, WWII hero who died rushing to the aid of U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima

"Shrapnel tore into him, but he kept crawling. He reached the man and rendered first aid. Cal then exposed himself again to enemy fire, intending to get a litter team to evacuate his patient. Cal was hit a second time and killed.”

For his sacrifice, Johnson was awarded the Silver Star, the military’s third highest honor, by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.