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Vietnam veteran reunited with medals lost 55 years ago
In a small room inside the federal building in Ogden, Utah, a small group of family and friends gathered for a moment 55 ...
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Muskegon Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War receives medals he earned 50 years later
He served on the USS Halsey and was deployed to the West Pacific during the Vietnam War. He received five awards: The Navy “E” Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces ...
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This Vietnam War Legend Is the Only Soldier Nominated 3 Times for the Medal of Honor
As of March 2025, Howard is the only soldier among the 3,547 Medal of Honor recipients to be nominated for the United States ... during the Vietnam War, but the course of his military career ...
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52 years later, Navy veteran finally gets his service medals
EGELSTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Vietnam veteran from Muskegon has his service medals more than 50 years after he left the U.S. Navy. Karl Smith was deployed to Vietnam and served in the Navy ...
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The Navy's New Destroyer Is Named for the First SEAL to Receive the Medal of Honor
By the time he graduated in 1968, the United States ... Medal of Honor for actions he took in 1969 during the Vietnam War. (Nixon Presidential Library) Kerrey returned to Nebraska after leaving ...
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Medal of Honor recipient briefly removed from Naval History website
Gonzalez died during the Vietnam war at 21 years old, after being hit in the chest with a rocket propelled grenade. For his ...
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Medal of Honor recipient becomes first resident at Tuskegee Airman Texas State Veterans Home
A Medal of Honor recipient received a special welcome as he moved into his new long-term care facility in Fort Worth.