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  • Ed Freeman's Bravery at the Battle of Ia Drang

    11/14/2024 9:31:45 AM PST · by anonsquared · 17 replies
    By the time Ed W. Freeman was deployed to Vietnam in 1965, he was already an experienced helicopter pilot and was appointed second-in-command of a unit of 16 helicopters. He served as a captain in Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Captain Freeman’s bravery on November 14, 1965, distinguished him with numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry.
  • Hershel W. Williams turns 95 today

    10/02/2018 12:50:45 PM PDT · by Borges · 22 replies
    One of only four remaining Medal of Honor winners from WW2. The last remaining Marine MOH winner from WW2. The last remaining MOH winner from the Pacific theater of WW2.
  • Obama Spokesman: 'Silly' Not to Allow Vet to Fly Flag

    12/08/2009 3:52:00 AM PST · by castlegreyskull · 80 replies · 2,586+ views
    AP ^ | December 8th, 2009
    <p>WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that it is "silly" to think that a 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner is being asked to remove a flagpole from his front yard.</p>
  • Medal of Honor winner James Elms Swett, USMC, has died

    01/22/2009 5:49:01 PM PST · by zot · 48 replies · 1,141+ views
    Aircraft of World War II -- Warbird Forums ^ | 21 January 2009 | GrauGeist
    Colonel James Swett, USMC Another legend has left us. Colonel James Swett Sr., United States Marine Corps pilot of WWII passed away at the age of 88 here in Redding, California. He was the recipient of the Medal of Honor, the DFC and held two Purple Hearts for his actions in the South Pacific while assigned to VMF-221.
  • Medal of Honor Recipient still leading troops

    04/30/2006 7:20:19 AM PDT · by stm · 7 replies · 1,285+ views
    Army News Service ^ | April 29, 2006 | Sgt. Crystal Rothermel
    KUWAIT(Army News Service, April 29, 2006) – Life can go down many avenues. For then-Specialist Fourth Class Gordon Roberts, the roads treaded deep into Vietnam’s Thua Thien Province, testing his every attribute that would win him a spot in military history. Roberts, a native of Lebanon, Ohio, joined the Army three days after graduating from high school, a natural step for someone from a military family growing up in a small, patriotic town. At the age of 17, he was an Army infantryman. Above and beyond The date was July 11, 1969. Roberts was a rifleman with Company B, 1st...