Protecting his fellow soldiers
On February 21, 1968, near Hue, Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims died after warning his comrades of the danger of a triggered booby trap “and unhesitatingly...
Pulling out Tailpipe Delta
This Combat Control Team Mission Report of May 12, 1968, describes Lieutenant Colonel Joe Jackson’s flight into an abandoned Special Forces camp at Kham Duc,...
Recommendation for decoration
This form, submitted by Colonel William K. Bailey, commander of the 311 Air Commando Squadron, verifies that all records and sources have been considered and formally...
Recommended
In this June 18, 1945, endorsement, U.S. Army Lieutenant General John R. Hodge, commander of the 24th Corps, approves recommending Private First Class Desmond T....
Soldier and hero
President Harry Truman congratulates Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, the first conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor. During the World War II invasion...
The 2nd squad
In this eyewitness statement, seven members of Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims’s squad describe how he saved their lives by sacrificing his own. Sims threw himself...
The General concurs
U.S. Air Force General George S. Brown, commanding the U.S. 7th Air Force, sent this memorandum to the Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam on October...