master sergeant billy waugh, who was pinned down. his leg in tatters. had to take his one leg and wrap it around my body, and it was mud and blood. i mean, it was just a hell of a place to be. reporter: davis heroism led his commander to nominate him for the medal f honor, but the army lost the paperwork. he was renominated four years later, and again it vanished. some blame racism. ron dice fought with davis, one of many who advocated for this honor. is there any really plausible explanation as to how this could have happened? i don t have one. you think it was race? i do. i absolutely do. did you fear that it would never happen? i forgot that it could happen. [ applause ] today at the white house, an honor
captain paris davis and his men were leading a team of inexperienced south vietnamese when they came under waves of attack. there was a place on that battlefield, it was so many bodies, you couldn t see the grass. what kept you going in that fight? others. i ll tell you, i don t even remember the first couple of times i got shot that day. davis was in that fight for 19 hours. the viet-cong had good terrain like we, did we were right across from them. he later recounted that battle on the phil donahue show, rescued three fellow soldiers. i went and pulled him out and in muck and tied up in vines and got shot again and i got hit around the arm. while the time ron dice arrived overnight in a small airplane he says it looked like all hell had broken loose. dice was shot down, then picked up the story, in bits and
i don t remember the first couple of times i got shot that day. reporter: davis was in that fight for 19 hours. th he later recounted that battle on the phil donahue show, how he fought the enemy and rescued three soldiers including this man billy wah. i tried to pull him out, but he was in a lot of muck and i couldn t get him out. i got hit right here on the arm. reporter: by the seem ron dice arrived overhead in a small observation airplane, he said it looked like all hell had broken loose. he told me he thought captain davis should receive the medal of honor for the heroism that he exhibited that day. he said this back then?
will be the first to tell you that he hates the word i. that it was his team who served, his team who sacrificed. so today i m truly honored to welcome one of those teammates ron dice. where is ron? ron? [ applause ] he was the airborne spotter for that team. and only a few days ago, right? i also want to thank previous medal of honor recipients here, join us to recognize their brethren in arms, leroy petri, william swenson, melvin morris, matthew williams, and arrol pomley. stand up. [ applause ]
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