On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” as it patrolled the night sky around Tan Son Nhut Air Base when a call came ...

Although minor in size, it was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal ... but when the military reversed its decision, he returned to enlist in the Medical Corps and was ...

For his actions that day, Austin was posthumously awarded the Medal ... Corps in April 1968. Within a year, he was in Vietnam, serving as an ammo tech with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines ...

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Canley risked his own safety to pull wounded Marines ... Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War in 1968. When Canley received the award in 2018, he was the first living Black Marine ...

Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor ... the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast ...