FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Robert Martin Patterson ~ May 9, 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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Robert Martin Patterson

Info from here.

           

Robert Martin Patterson (born April 16, 1948) is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration?he Medal of Honor?or his actions in the Vietnam War.

Patterson joined the Army from Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1966, and by May 6, 1968, was serving as a specialist four in Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. During a firefight on that day, near La Chu in the Republic of Vietnam, Patterson single-handedly destroyed a series of enemy bunkers. For his actions during the battle, he was awarded the Medal of Honor and promoted to sergeant.

In the mid 1970's, Patterson, by then a staff sergeant, served as a Basic Training drill sergeant at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Patterson reached the Army's highest enlisted rank, Command Sergeant Major, before retiring.

Patterson currently resides in Pensacola, Florida, having moved there in 2010.

 

Sergeant Patterson's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Patterson (then Sp4c.) distinguished himself while serving as a fire team leader of the 3d Platoon, Troop B, during an assault against a North Vietnamese Army battalion which was entrenched in a heavily fortified position. When the leading squad of the 3d Platoon was pinned down by heavy interlocking automatic weapon and rocket propelled grenade fire from 2 enemy bunkers, Sgt. Patterson and the 2 other members of his assault team moved forward under a hail of enemy fire to destroy the bunkers with grenade and machine gun fire. Observing that his comrades were being fired on from a third enemy bunker covered by enemy gunners in 1-man spider holes, Sgt. Patterson, with complete disregard for his safety and ignoring the warning of his comrades that he was moving into a bunker complex, assaulted and destroyed the position. Although exposed to intensive small arm and grenade fire from the bunkers and their mutually supporting emplacements. Sgt. Patterson continued his assault upon the bunkers which were impeding the advance of his unit. Sgt. Patterson singlehandedly destroyed by rifle and grenade fire 5 enemy bunkers, killed 8 enemy soldiers and captured 7 weapons. His dauntless courage and heroism inspired his platoon to resume the attack and to penetrate the enemy defensive position. Sgt. Patterson's action at the risk of his life has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

 

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Mom’s Day to you, ML...to your adopted furbaby, and your soon to arrive brown furbaby. LOL!

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[oldteen]

I'm going to the daughters for Mothers Day Dessert (she made a dessert pizza and the granddaughter made a cake! OUCH! I'll have to be EXTRA good tomorrow!)

Hope to see you later...if not...catch ya on the flip side!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you have a dry day? Did you get to see some baseball?

[left that other site]

yes, I hope so too.

I really want Linda to have a girlfriend so she won’t be alone while I am at work.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Repeal The 17th...SPC4 Adam will be on tomorrow's Honoring Our Heroes. And we thank you, SPC4 Adam, for your service to our country.

We pray for your safety and success of mission.

And we thank you, Repeal, for your service as well.

[left that other site]

I’ll think I’ll have myself a “Black and Tan” to celebrate (Guinness and Bass ale)

[luvie]

Thanks, Galz, for another in a long line of wonderful stories
of our great American heroes. So many heroes, so little time!

((((hugs)))) to the two of you! :)

[PROCON]

Did you have a dry day?

Wet, dry, wet, dry...:=)

I watched the beloved OSU Beavers win another series against Cal, from my 'puter!

You getting any more rain?!

[luvie]

Yummmmmm! Can I come, too?

Anyhoo...have fun! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you. Glad you had a relaxing day and no unmentionables. Great day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good luck Mom...hope Linda and Brandy will both realize how good things can be for the both of them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We had 15 minutes of real rain....that’s all. A couple days would be nice, but I’d settle for several hours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Seven...I don’t believe for one minute that the Pakis didn’t know he was there. Now, if obummer and biden, et al, would just keep their mouths shut instead of telling the world how we do things....endangering our troops even more. GRRRRR!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

They are truly heroes!!

[PROCON]

Are you in the slow time of the month at work or is everyday “crisis management”?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Dave...a true hero is Robert Martin Patterson.

Happy Mother's Day to Mrs DD.

[luvie]

The only time those stooges keep their mouths shut is when
they are engineering something bad for America.

2012 can’t oome soon enough! GRRRR...indeed!

[Diver Dave]

Thank you. I shared your greeting to mrsd.

We had a GREAT day with the family all together save one of our sons-in-law who is currently over in Israel. He should be home by weeks end.