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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Robert Martin Patterson ~ May 9, 2011
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 05/08/2011 5:09:50 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes ~ Robert Martin Patterson Info from here. |
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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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To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC; LUV W; oldteen; laurenmarlowe; AZamericonnie; MEG33; Brad's Gramma; ...
Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms in The Canteen.
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:34:55 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Ma, this is especially for you!
Thank you for your boundless love for the Troops..
Thank you for being so good to your Canteen "Kids".
You're the best!
*HUG*
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:43:59 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: LUV W
You are so right....stooges they are!
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:45:27 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
Thank you, Sis! (((((hugs)))))
That’s beautiful! :)
Gotta go...darn it; just when you get here. See ya next time!
Have a good week!
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:49:48 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOP? You need to fight like a GIRL!!~~Sarah Palin)
To: MS.BEHAVIN; Kathy in Alaska
We need a “like” button around here! I second that sentiment! :)
Nite, Gals! ((((hugs))))
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posted on
05/08/2011 9:52:48 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOP? You need to fight like a GIRL!!~~Sarah Palin)
To: LUV W
Good evening, Luv....another hero to learn about.
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posted on
05/08/2011 10:06:33 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
Happy Mother's Day to one of our troops best "Moms".
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posted on
05/08/2011 10:34:58 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: LUV W
Thanks, unique, for the butterfly.
Luv.....#50!!
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posted on
05/08/2011 10:44:19 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: PROCON
Every day is “crisis management”....”they” are implementing a new time collection system for payroll. Of course we didn’t have much in the way of input...and it doesn’t work right, and we don’t know how we are supposed to use it, and they want to go live in two weeks. We are not having fun.
We never have a slow time because we have a new payroll each week....half get paid on alternate Friday.
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posted on
05/08/2011 11:56:05 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.
((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Star. How's it going?
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posted on
05/09/2011 3:11:12 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
(Edward's Soft Rock Playlist: On Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=A7A56731DE671E6A)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning, Kathy! On the train into Washington - a good day so far. Hope all is well with you!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posting from my BlackBerry mobile HQ.
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posted on
05/09/2011 3:30:11 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; LUV W; Arrowhead1952; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; ...
Good morning, Canteen. Good morning to our
AWESOME
Military, our Allies, and their families.
THANK YOU for all you do.
Thank you, Star, for preparing the Canteen for todays activities.
KUDOS and thank you go out to Robert M. Patterson for his service.
DC Metroland weather report
~ Today... Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
~ Tonight...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
YES! Finally some spring like weather.
Outlook for the week is the same.
And, only had a little drizzle of rain the whole weekend.
I'm on time this morning so I need to post and make my rounds
so that I can visit a bit before the rest of the crew shows up.
But, you stay right where you are. Cause...............I'll be bock!
The FR Canteen is
Come in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS
REMEMBER THEM
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:18:54 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
To: beachn4fun
Good morning, Beachy!
*HUGS*
How are you doing this morning?
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:30:31 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: All
Good morning to our Troops, Veterans and all Canteeners!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:32:24 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))
It’s Monday, what more do I need to say? UGH! After a nice weekend and a good Mother’s Day it’s hard to come back into the office for another week of work. One good thing is (fingers crossed) this week should be more manageable.
Howz things with you? Have a good weekend? Feeling better?
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:42:22 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
To: beachn4fun
((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:50:17 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
(Edward's Soft Rock Playlist: On Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=A7A56731DE671E6A)
To: E.G.C.
Good morning, EGC ((HUGS))
It’s going ok for a Monday. Sun is shining. Weather is nice. Had a good weekend. Vacation time coming up soon.
Howz it going for you? What did you do over the weekend?
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:55:41 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
To: LUV W
Good morning, night owl
Early bird here
How was your weekend and Mother's Day?
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:57:39 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
To: Arrowhead1952
Good morning, dear ((HUGS))
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:58:47 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
To: PROCON
Good morning, Pro ((HUGS))
Did your weekend go as planned?
We had a lovely weekend on the right coast.
Hope your week is splendicious.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:01:17 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Don't let the liberals blur the line between legal and illegal immigrant.)
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