Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...
His destination: the Republic of Vietnam. On May 6, 1970, Pfc. David was serving as ... He fled to Canada, but when the military reversed its decision, he returned to enlist in the Medical Corps ...
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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. secretary of commerce oversees the smallest but arguably most complex of all Cabinet-level departments. Established ...
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 ...
David was one of seven soldiers on Friday who served in the wars in Vietnam and Korea to receive the nation’s highest military award ... himself on May 7, 1970, in the Thua Thien Province.