Why the Enemy Should Have Brought a Battalion to Kill This Soldier
The North Vietnamese just didn’t count on a 21-year-old from the Dakotas being there. They should have.
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The North Vietnamese just didn’t count on a 21-year-old from the Dakotas being there. They should have.
The President has had 158 days to get it done… and we are still waiting for Alwyn Cashe to get his due recognition and receive the Medal of Honor.
“Lt. Williams, it is hard for your President to find words to tell you of the deep gratitude and admiration that your fellow Americans have.”
Unlike many of the paratroopers who went through their baptism of fire on D-Day, Charles DeGlopper was already an experienced fighter.
Thanks to their risky choice of disobeying orders some of these soldiers became heroes. They save lives, cities, or the entire world.
When the Axis attacked the town of Sommocolonia in 1944, they thought they made quite a breakthrough. But they didn’t reckon on Lieutenant John R. Fox.
In an extraordinary feat of bravery and faith Desmond Doss saved 75 of his fellow soldiers attending to each one individually.
In November 1950 Ralph Puckett and his 50 Rangers repeatedly held off a Chinese battalion. Puckett’s actions that day made him a legend.
It is high time that Alwyn Cashe receives the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in 2005 in Iraq. President Biden should act on it immediately.
Read the gripping story of how Thomas Norris received his MOH: “They dressed as fishermen and paddled down the river behind the NVA forces.”
On April 5, 1970, Brian Buker would fall in action in Vietnam. He would be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day.
Operation Anaconda demonstrated the skill and bravery of US special operations forces, international partners, and local Afghan fighters.