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Red Dirt Diaries: Vietnam Vets With Common Bond Unknowingly Become Neighbors

By: Karl Torp
EDMOND, Oklahoma -
Two Oklahoma Vietnam war veterans are now becoming friends thanks to a bond that’s nearly 50 years old.
Retired Air Force Colonel Bill Talley was shot down May 10, 1972, near Hanoi, Vietnam.
He parachuted to safety but was captured and became a POW for 10 months.
“I’d never done it before,” said the 90-year-old Talley about ejecting from his F-105 aircraft.
The very same day Talley was shot down, Air Force Captain Jim Null was also in enemy crosshairs inside the cockpit in his F-4 Phantom 2.
“I saw these like white golf balls, it looked like they were parting my hair,” said the 88-year-old about what it looked like from the cockpit. ....

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Decades after Vietnam, Oklahoma vet now eligible for Medal of Honor

John Greiner
Special to The Oklahoman
An Oklahoma man who saved many of his fellow soldiers during a Vietnamese ambush 53 years ago is among four veterans whose heroism is being considered for an upgrade to the Medal of Honor.
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, passed when Congress overrode the veto by former President Donald Trump, waives the five-year period between acts of valor and approval of the Medal of Honor for the four veterans.
The legislation was written by Sen. James Inhofe, R-Tulsa.
Birdwell, a native of Adair County, lives in Norman and practices law in Oklahoma City. He was awarded two Silver Star Medals for his valor in Vietnam. One of the Silver Stars could now be upgraded to Medal of Honor because of the National Defense Authorization Act. To date, Birdwell has not heard anything further about the Medal of Honor. ....

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