[Condor51]

I don't know why but when I saw the pic and before reading, I kinds figured it would be this:

"... was serving as the commanding officer of the U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment A-726 ..."

Percentage wise, no other group of men gave their all like the the SF did during that War. And most of MOHs the 'Snake Eaters' were awarded, were -- posthumously.

[DuncanWaring]

From "Sonny" Hoffman:

CMH recipients are rare--living ones rarer still. Some people go through their service and never see one. I stood in a morning formation of less than thirty men with two of them--Bob Howard and Franklin Miller. Talk about feeling dwarfed by giants.