President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. Paris Davis for his heroism during the Vietnam War, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Washington Of the 32 recipients in Tennessee, five have been presented with the Medal of Honor for their service during the Vietnam War, and on Tuesday, Sept. 5, Capt. Larry Taylor, a former Cobra helicopter Korea 1950, Vietnam 1967. Born in Tifton, Georgia, Ralph Puckett Jr. graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point and received his commission as an Infantry Officer in 1949 President Trump awarded U.S. Army Sgt. Major Thomas P. Payne the Medal of Honor on Sept. 11 after helping save more than 70 hostages from the Islamic State. (Video: The Washington Post) Share Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving as a weapons sergeant with the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3336, Special Operations Task Force-33, in support For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill. President Biden on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam-era Army helicopter pilot who saved four of his This is a list of Native Americans presented the nation's highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is bestowed "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat against an armed enemy force." The medal is presented by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress. Nancy Brady. Brady (left) and fellow Medal of Honor recipient Gary Wetzel (right) during a ceremony to name streets in their honor at Fort Rucker, Alabama, in 2007. Patrick Henry Brady (born October 1, 1936), is a retired United States Army major general. While serving as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, he received the Medal of Honor .

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