Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...
In a statement to Military.com ... of Honor Friday, at Vietnam Veterans Memorial in undated photo. (Courtesy of Army). The 101st Airborne Division was going back in May 1970 into the forbidding ...
The rest of the country will now, too, as Nelson and Kenneth David, who also fought in the Vietnam War, are the latest recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for ...
In the spring of 1970, David was sent to South Vietnam’s A Shau Valley along ... are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit ...
Vietnam’s civil war had been raging for more than a decade, and US involvement had grown from a smattering of military advisers and special forces to a sprawling army of 400,000. While the ...
Jane, now 87, is also regarded as public enemy number one among Vietnam veterans ... protestor in the 1970’s, focused on the rights of troops serving in the military and of Americans who ...
While fighting in Vietnam on May 7, 1970, then-Army Pfc ... his life to be entrusted to lead the country and “the finest military in the history of the world.” On Friday, Biden also awarded ...
While fighting in Vietnam on May 7, 1970, then-Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire away from injured comrades and onto himself, becoming wounded by a satchel charge. But David kept fighting ...
From her home base in San Diego, Ms. Sheppard Missett grew Jazzercise into a global business by allowing her instructors — often military spouses — to open their own studios. By 1982 ...