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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBravo Charles (Chuck Kettles) Vietnam Veteran Medal of Honor
for rescuing 40 soldiers in Vietnam - Obama speaking
Chuck and family and some brothers-in-arms are present
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Bravo Charles (Chuck Kettles) Vietnam Veteran Medal of Honor (Original Post)
malaise
Jul 2016
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PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)1. I'm hanging on every word.
Lump in my throat actually.
malaise
(269,328 posts)2. Check out pinboy3niner and KingCharlemagne on this thread
Ms. Yertle
(466 posts)3. Wow! An amazing story! n/t
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)4. Those pilots saved so many lives that they could never be decorated enough.
And Kettles said it better than I ever could. Had a tear roll down my face.