making. as one family member has said, this is long overdue. many of these families, and i had a chance to meet all of them who are present here today, you know, they ve known these stories of heroism for decades. still, they were pretty surprised when we called them to break the news about the medal of honor. some of them thought it was a prank. some of them thought it was a scam. a few of them thought it might be some trick to get their credit card number. when i called melvin morris, who we ll recognize in a moment for his actions in vietnam, his first reaction was, oh my god, what have i done? when i told him it was all good, the medal of honor, i could hear through the phone he almost
company c first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near tam ky, republic of vietnam in 1969. after breaching and insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia was designated by platoon leader to render first casualties and the platoon move forward. he came under fire from four bunkers to his left front. though he could have taken cover with the rest of element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to another gathers ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles and several hand grenades, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive power of the two rifles. under very intense fire, he continued to advance on the insurgents until he was near the first bunker. disregarding the enemy fire, he
pick up 2 to 4 more inches of snow. later this week for spring, they ll actually get in the upper 30s, but then it s back to the deep freeze. highs on saturday here in duluth, only 20. count your blessings. guys, back to you. all right. thank you for that, mike. we are looking now at the white house where that medal of honor ceremony we ve been telling you about is about to get started. the president is there. 24 men who were honored for their service in vietnam are about to get the medal of honor. long overdue for those men. we re here with colonel jack jacobs, our own medal of honor recipient. what does it mean to these men to get a medal of honor? well, you know that nobody does anything by himself. if you ask any medal of honor recipient, he ll tell you that he wears it not just for himself, but for all those who can t. it s kind of interesting because the psychology of being in combat together when a bunch of people are ardently trying to kill you really bonds people who
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