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Frederick W. Smith, decorated Vietnam Veteran and founder of FedEx, awarded 2024 Veteran of the Year
 [MSN] Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx and decorated Marine Vietnam Veteran has been named the 2024 Military Veteran of the Year by Military Times. He is proud of his Marine Corps service and is quoted as saying, "I owe a debt of gratitude to the Marine Corps." He graduated from Yale in 1966 and then spent the next three years of his life as an officer in the Marine Corps. He deployed to Vietnam twice, once as an infantry officer and on his second tour he served as a Forward Air Controller flying in an OV-10 Bronco. He honorably left the Corps in 1969 as a captain having been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts.
Posted by: Besoeker 2024-04-12 |
