Despite Wounds, Medal of Honor Recipient Killed Up To 175 Enemies, Saved comrades -- CNN
(CNN) -- As many as 175 enemy troops killed, 18 wounds from enemy fire, 38 hours of battle, 48 hours evading the North Vietnamese troops in the bush -- and one tiger. Those are the numbers behind Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins' Medal of Honor, an award he will receive from President Obama in a White House ceremony Monday.
Adkins, of Opelika, Alabama, is being honored for his actions in Vietnam's A Shau Valley more than 48 years ago. Then a 32-year-old sergeant first class, Adkins was among a handful of Americans working with troops of the South Vietnamese Civil Irregular Defense Group at Camp A Shau when the camp was attacked by a large North Vietnamese and Viet Cong force on March 9, 1966, according to an Army report.
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Update: Medal of Honor: Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins -- Army.mil
My Comment: His story is mouth dropping unbelievable .... a story that Hollywood would probably never accept because they would say it was impossible to be true. The only question that I have to ask is .... why did it take so long for Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins to receive his Medal of Honor (ceremony was today).
Update: More News On Today's Medal of Honor Ceremonies
Obama awards Medals of Honor to soldiers who served in Vietnam -- CBS
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War soldiers -- BBC
Vietnam soldiers receive Medal of Honor -- FOX News
Opelika man awarded Medal of Honor -- AP
Obama Awarding Medals of Honor for Vietnam War Gallantry -- Bloomberg
2 Vietnam War soldiers to receive Medal of Honor -- Stars and Stripes
Civil War officer's heroism earns Medal of Honor -- USA Today
Union Army officer who held back Confederate charge at Gettysburg against 13,000 men to be given Medal of Honor, 150 years after the battle -- Daily Mail
Belated medals result from effort to find past valor -- USA Today
2 comments:
The A Shau was a very very very bad place.
Suppose they had to wait until Obama finished his golf...
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