NEPTUNE -- Many Vietnam veterans returning home from the war remember getting spit on, with no parade no hero's welcome. Fifty years after South Vietnam fell to Communist forces from the north, ...
During a 13-month period in the late 1960s, Howard’s actions resulted in three Medal of Honor recommendations; the first two were downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star ...
Tracey Ingleston has thought about his brother every day for the last 55 years.
Maj. James Capers’ bravery helped his men survive an enemy attack. Now South Carolina’s congressional delegation is asking ...
In Vietnam, then-Army Captain Paris ... identified in Davis’ December 1965 interim Silver Star citation. That is typically awarded while a Medal of Honor packet is being processed.
He served in Korea and Vietnam, earning the Silver Star for gallantry in action, four Bronze Stars with V-device for valor, two Purple Hearts for wounds received in action, two Air Medals ...
“While Major Capers was awarded the Bronze Star, later upgraded to a Silver Star ... t I get the Medal of Honor? It’s never happened before.” After his ordeal in Vietnam, Capers spent ...