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2011-02-12 Southeast Asia

Vietnam Era Marine Recieves Navy Cross and Bronze Star with 'V'

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Better late than never.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-02-12 00:27|| 2011-02-12 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Compare with the acts of the senior Senator from Massachusetts.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-02-12 09:49|| 2011-02-12 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Excellent, Thank you Ned.

Posted by USN,Ret 2011-02-12 11:05|| 2011-02-12 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Not to demean his superb accomplishment in any way, but it probably helped that his platoon leader is now a retired major general in receiving the award.
I wonder how many guys did similar things and the only people that know about it are the guys that were there.

Posted by tu3031 2011-02-12 11:53|| 2011-02-12 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 There were a lot of heros in the Nam. 58,000 by some counts.

Posted by bman 2011-02-12 13:01|| 2011-02-12 13:01|| Front Page Top

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