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Offline rangerrebew

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SPECIAL FORCES HERO TO RECEIVE BELATED MEDAL OF HONOR
« on: February 14, 2023, 01:06:09 pm »
SPECIAL FORCES HERO TO RECEIVE BELATED MEDAL OF HONOR
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Tue, 02/14/2023 - 07:00

Retired Col. Paris Davis, a Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam, will receive the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, the White House announced.

President Joe Biden called Davis Feb. 13 to inform him of the award for his “remarkable heroism,” the White House said in a brief statement. “The President told Colonel Davis that he looks forward to hosting him at the White House soon for a medal presentation,” the White House said.

Davis is being recognized with the nation’s highest award for valor almost 60 years after his courageous actions in Vietnam.

“The call today from President Biden prompted a wave of memories of the men and women I served with in Vietnam—from the members of 5th Special Forces Group and other U.S. military units to the doctors and nurses who cared for our wounded,” Davis said in a statement. “I am so very grateful for my family and friends within the military and elsewhere who kept alive the story of A-team, A-321 at Camp Bong Son. I think often of those fateful 19 hours on June 18, 1965, and what our team did to make sure we left no man behind on that battlefield.”

https://www.ausa.org/news/special-forces-hero-receive-belated-medal-honor
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Re: SPECIAL FORCES HERO TO RECEIVE BELATED MEDAL OF HONOR
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2023, 10:33:59 pm »
Sounds to me like he more than earned it,and it is a damn shame it has taken this long for him to get it.

You want to know what the REAL problem was?

It was NOT his race. It was the fact that he was a Special Forces officer at a time when the regular army HATED SF soldiers.
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