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B Phantoms from USS Coral Sea were tasked with attacking targets over North Vietnam. Heavy cloud cover made the task impossible so they set up a CAP station south of Hanoi. Red Crown, the USN radar ...
A South Carolina lawmaker’s bill would waive the requirement that troops receive the Medal of Honor within five years of ...
Following the ambush, Capers’ superiors recognized immediately ... After his ordeal in Vietnam, Capers spent a year at Bethesda Naval Hospital recovering from his injuries.
Bullets whizzed by Cpl. Daniel “Duke” Heller as he rescued wounded Marines who’d been trapped in a North Vietnamese Army ambush in the A Shau Valley, Vietnam, on Feb. 13, 1969. Despite being ...
Following the ambush, Capers’ superiors recognized immediately ... After returning from Vietnam, Maj. James Capers was featured in a recruitment campaign for the Marine Corps.