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Star Spangled Salute: A Medal of Honor and an Almost 6 Decade Wait

Star Spangled Salute: A Medal of Honor and an Almost 6 Decade Wait

Star Spangled Salute: A Medal of Honor and an Almost 6 Decade Wait

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Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors Veteran Col. Paris Davis.  Paris was one of the first Black officers in the Green Berets.  He served in Vietnam with members of the 5th Special Forces Group and other units.  It was one incident he will always remember.  Paris said, “I am so very grateful for my family and friends within the military and elsewhere who kept alive the story of A-team, A-321 at Camp Bong Son. I think often of those fateful 19 hours on June 18, 1965 and what our team did to make sure we left no man behind on that battlefield.”  Paris is a Veteran and War hero, who was submitted for the nation’s highest honor and the paperwork was lost.  Yesterday, President Joe Biden personally called Col. Paris Davis to deliver the news, informing him that he will receive the Medal of Honor “for his remarkable heroism during the Vietnam War,” – almost 6 decades later.  Congratulations Paris, and THANK YOU for your service.

 

 

 

 

 

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