by jack | Mar 13, 2023 | USMC, Vietnam War
September 4, 1967, Hill 63, near Chu Lai, South Vietnam Although he never signed up for combat, Father Vincent Capodanno boarded the chopper with the last group of Marines of Mike Company, headed to the Operation Swift battlefield in the Que Son Valley. Priests did...
by jack | Feb 23, 2023 | Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
18 June 1965 Captain Paris Davis and three of his Special Forces team led the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 883rd Regional Forces Company in an attack on a Viet Cong (VC) base. “We had just finished a successful raid on a Viet Cong Regimental...
by jack | Jan 18, 2023 | Korean War, Military, Vietnam War
Navy Lieutenant Royce Williams’ actions on November 18, 1952 are considered “one of the greatest feats in aviation history” by military experts, yet for over 50 years they were kept secret. Williams’ actions were removed from U.S. Navy and...
by jack | Jan 13, 2023 | Vietnam War
On January 11, 2023, the Department of the Navy announced that a new destroyer will be named after Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Gunning Kelley. I wanted to learn more about Lieutenant Kelley, and found this excellent article in medalofhonorspeakout (1):...
by jack | Oct 14, 2022 | Medal of Honor, USMC, Vietnam War
Perkins enlisted in the Marines in 1966. During boot camp, Perkins expressed a desire to be a Marine photographer. After receiving this assignment, to his chagrin, he found the work as a still photographer at Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, California, dull and...
by jack | Sep 16, 2022 | Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
What does it take to break a person? How much pain and humiliation can one endure before confessing to a false crime or giving up the names of their friends? No one can know for sure what their breaking point might be, but one man provided a perfect example of what it...
