jima protecting a fellow marine wounded in a japanese ambush when harvey himself was seriously wounded by enemy grenades. here s another hand grenade. i lifted my helps, sat on it. i pushed it in that volcanic ash that took me out of the war. martha: he spent months in a body cast. that is him visiting iwo jima. he saved the life of his cam rad and uphead the highest traditions of the naval service. fred harvey was 98. that is the story of this monday, january 17, 2022 where we remember the great legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. who once said let us be this satisfied until that day when nobody will shout white power, nobody will shout black power but everybody will talk about
vice president. he probably had the greatest resume of any person to become president of the united states. how lucky we were to have him in the late 1980s and early 90s when those volcanic convulsive events did change the world. in fact hundreds of millions of people were freed in eastern europe and bush knew precisely what to do. eric: he said he did not want to dance on the berlin wall. he was humble and gracious in the sense of reserve. a lot of people did not know he was shot down in that avenger. two of his cam rad comrades on the plane were killed. we know the story about jfk and the pt-109. but he didn t make a big major deal about that.
beyond the call of duty from may 13th through 15th, 1969, while serving as a combat medic with charlie company, third battalion, 21st infantry, 196th light infantry brigade. ameasure i cal division. the company air assaulted into an area near tam kie and newian hill. on may 13th with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a cam rad too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day second platoon was ordered to search the area near newian hill when the platoon was ambushed by a large north vaet that mees air force and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mcclun led
with complete disregard for his own safety and inspite of his own wounds he ran through a hail of enemy rocket propelled grenade and machine gunfire to rescue critically wounded comrade who had been pinned down in an exposed position. carter render first aid and brought cam rad to safety. he also recovered the squad radio. with teammates providing covering fire, specialist carter assisted in moving the wounded soldier 100 meters through whithering enemy fire to aid station and before returning to the fight. specialist carter s heroic actions and tactical skill were critical to the defense of combat outpost keating, preventing the enemy from capturing the position and saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. specialist ty m. carter s extraordinary heroism and