On This Day Green Beret Brian Buker MOH Fell in Battle
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.
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.
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Knight went out to recon and found three Japanese pillboxes. One by one, he moved on them and took them all out using hand grenades.
Lt. Sisler grabbed grenades and charged into the teeth of the enemy assault, singlehandedly breaking it up and forcing the enemy to retreat.
I was thinking, “Why am I falling? When you see that much blood, and you know that it is yours, it has a tendency to scare you.”
Jennings had the troops remove the grenades from the boxes and he peppered the attacking NVA troops with a constant barrage of grenades.
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Hurling grenades, Garcia led a one-man assault on the enemy machine gun position and destroyed the gun, killing three with his rifle.