FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Col Kern W Dunagan ~ October 11, 2010

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COL Kern W. Dunagan

Info from here.

           

Kern W. Dunagan (February 20, 1934 – December 27, 1991) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

Dunagan joined the Army from Los Angeles, California, and by May 13, 1969 was serving as a captain in Company A, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division. During a firefight on that day, in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, Dunagan showed conspicuous leadership as he organized his men and rescued wounded soldiers despite his own wounds. He was subsequently promoted to major and awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. Dunagan reached the rank of colonel before leaving the Army. He died at age 57 and was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California.

Major Dunagan'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. Maj. (then Capt.) Dunagan distinguished himself during the period May 13 and 14, 1969, while serving as commanding officer, Company A. On May 13, 1969, Maj. Dunagan was leading an attack to relieve pressure on the battalion's forward support base when his company came under intense fire from a well-entrenched enemy battalion. Despite continuous hostile fire from a numerically superior force, Maj. Dunagan repeatedly and fearlessly exposed himself in order to locate enemy positions, direct friendly supporting artillery, and position the men of his company. In the early evening, while directing an element of his unit into perimeter guard, he was seriously wounded during an enemy mortar attack, but he refused to leave the battlefield and continued to supervise the evacuation of dead and wounded and to lead his command in the difficult task of disengaging from an aggressive enemy. In spite of painful wounds and extreme fatigue, Maj. Dunagan risked heavy fire on 2 occasions to rescue critically wounded men. He was again seriously wounded. Undaunted, he continued to display outstanding courage, professional competence, and leadership and successfully extricated his command from its untenable position on the evening of May 14. Having maneuvered his command into contact with an adjacent friendly unit, he learned that a 6-man party from his company was under fire and had not reached the new perimeter. Maj. Dunagan unhesitatingly went back and searched for his men. Finding 1 soldier critically wounded, Maj. Dunagan, ignoring his wounds, lifted the man to his shoulders and carried him to the comparative safety of the friendly perimeter. Before permitting himself to be evacuated, he insured all of his wounded received emergency treatment and were removed from the area. Throughout the engagement, Maj. Dunagan's actions gave great inspiration to his men and were directly responsible for saving the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. Maj. Dunagan's extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty, are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

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[PROCON]

ROFLOL!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

Home from a day at the beach......fishing with little Barbie fishing poles in heavy chop down in Kapoho.

[oldteen]

Today was a med high temp...med high allery day but survivable!

Chilly and sunny for you I see. As long as the sun is out I don't mind the chill in the air.

[oldteen]

Evenin' tiapam! *hugs*

Nice to see you in the Canteen!

[oldteen]

Aloha BIG! *hugs*

fishing with little Barbie fishing poles

What a good grandpa you are! Did anyone catch anything with them?

[luvie]

Howdy! How ya doin’ tonight? Hope your weekend was as lovely
as mine was! :D

[oldteen]

It wasn’t bad. I was quite the slug yesterday so that meant today was a little bit of catch up!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Teenster!

Nah......we didn't even put hooks on the lines, just sinkers for casting. Spent most of the time unsnarling tangled line from the poles. But we did get a rare treat seeing a seal up close sunning itself among the rocks. Last time I encountered a seal in Hawaii was years ago on Kauai.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor....hope you had a great weekend. Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[luvie]

Being a slug is a GOOD thing! LOL!

[luvie]

*tap-tap*

Sounds like you had a good weekend! :)

[oldteen]

Ummmm....did ya get a picture?

[oldteen]

Being a slug is a GOOD thing!

Not if I have some salt handy! lol

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha West Texas Rose!

It did go fairly well, although my son was a little disappointed with the weather this morning. We had to travel to Kapoho for a sunny day but it was windy and the sea had a moderate chop. That's too big for the little wahines to fish in.

The kids weren't disappointed at all......and that's the important thing.

[PROCON]

Being a slug is a GOOD thing! LOL!

Yeah, but I was a lazy butt, that's even SLOWER!

[PROCON]

Being a slug is a GOOD thing! LOL!

Yeah, but I was a lazy butt, that's even SLOWER!

[luvie]

Well, I can’t disagree with THAT! LOL!

[PROCON]

Butt I repeat myself, man, FR is slow for me tonight!

[BIGLOOK]

Didn't have my camera with me but my son did. Just have to wait till he downloads and sends something out.

[luvie]

Hmmm...I thought it was my computer! Hope it’s not fixin’ ta
go down again!