49 Years Ago, This Priest Earned 3 Purple Hearts And A Medal Of Honor
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Jonah Bennett
National Security/Foreign Policy Reporter
9:28 PM 09/06/2016
American flags are placed on the top of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, etched with the names of more than 58,000 U.S. servicemen and women who died in the war, on Memorial Day in Washington May 28, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas. American flags are placed on the top of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, etched with the names of more than 58,000 U.S. servicemen and women who died in the war, on Memorial Day in Washington May 28, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.
Father Vincent Capodanno joined the Navy later in life as a chaplain to support the Marines in Vietnam, and proceeded to earn three Purple Hearts and a Medal of Honor 49 years ago.
Capodanno exceeded the call of duty as chaplain of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in Vietnam Sept. 4, 1967. He heard reports coming in that the North Vietnamese were threatening to completely overwhelm a nearby platoon of U.S. troops. He immediately left his command post and dashed through open areas sustaining fire from automatic weapons and mortars, in order to deliver last rites and medical aid to wounded troops.
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