Veteran gets Medal of Honor
Copter flights in ’67 Vietnam ambush saved more than 40
By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press
Posted: July 19, 2016 at 3:36 a.m.
Updated: July 18, 2016 at 3:36 a.m.
SUSAN WALSH
Credit: AP
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles of Michigan during a ceremony Monday in the East Room of the White House.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor to a Vietnam War veteran Monday, stressing that the story of retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles' bravery nearly 50 years ago serves as great inspiration at a time when Americans could use some.
Kettles led helicopter flights carrying reinforcements to U.S. soldiers and evacuated the wounded after they were ambushed in combat operations near Duc Pho in May 1967. Kettles, now 86, of Ypsilanti, Mich., helped rescue more than 40 soldiers.
Obama said the story that led to the Medal of Honor was quintessentially American because Kettles showed the importance of looking out for others and how nobody should be left behind.
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