Specialist four duran stood tall. And learning that two seriously wounded troopers were helplessly pinned down under fire, specialist four duran assaulted the enemy position on the run. He fired into the enemys foxhole, eliminating for and cutting down several others as they fled. You specialist four duran then again to poor effect fire on the fleeing enemy. His extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States army. [applause] and accepting on behalf of of sergeant Candelario Garcia. Sergeant Candelario Garcia distinguished it self by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an acting team leader for company b, first battalion, second infantry, first brigade, first Infantry Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy in the republic of vietnam on december 8, 1968. While con
Behind him inside the kill zone. So, don held onto that grenade. And he pulled it close to his body. And he bentso over it. And then as one of the men said, all of a sudden, there was a boom. The blast threw the lead soldier up against a boulder, men were riddled with shrapnel, four were medevaced out. But everyone else survived. Don had absorbed the brunt of the explosion with his body. He saved the lives of those next to him and today, we are joined by two men who were with him on that patrol, Sergeant William hacker and specialist michael moline. For decades, dons family only knew that he was killed in action. They had heard that he had stepped on a landmine. All those years, his gold star family honored the memory of their son and brother, whose name is etched forever on that granite wall not far from here. Late in her life, dons mother, evelyn, finally learned the full story of her sons sacrifice. And she made it her mission to have dons actions properly recognized. Sadly, nearly
Here. Heres the news. Anthony scaramucci has resigned, 11 days later. The timing also happening on day one of the new chief of staff, who had come over from home landlord secure. We remember the story that it will be one of the stories of the year, and the profanity laced language yet four days later, that was when he tendered his recentition nation, were getting more reporting. Let me begin at the white house. Caitlyn, were wait fog a statement from the white house on this resignation. Were told that they are huddled in a office right now. We are told we can expect a statement any minute now. Right now were being told by white house officials that an think scaramucci was removed because john kelly did not think he was disciplined enough and thought he had burned his credibility. As you know, Anthony Scaramucci went on a vulgar rant against Reince Priebus, and were told that played a factor into that, that he didnt think he was disciplined enough to take on this roll. Theres been a lot
Diffuse the situation. China is not having it. The president about to honor an american hero. A former army medic that risks his life and ignored his own wounds to save his fellow soldiers in vietnam. Nearly a half a censutury from e battlefield, a medal of honor for a man that represents the best. That didnt take long word that Anthony Scaramucci has just left his job as White House Communications director just after a week in the job. An outside adviser to trump says the move came at the request of the new white house chief of staff, general john kelly. A bit of irony as scaramucci got credit for former out the former chief of staff, Reince Priebus calling him a effing schizophrenic. So this news most feel like karma to him. So what next for the Communications Team . One thing we know theres no chaos at the white house. We got that assurance from the president s twitter this morning. John roberts is live with more. Theyre clearing the decks here at the white house. Theyve probably go
Theres no understanding of america in the 1970s without understanding how the decade began in relationship to the war in vietnam. Normally live casualties for the previously week are released on thursday, but fighting has been so bitter that military sources released the casualties unofficially today. 340 americans and 527 South Vietnamese were killed last week. Enemy dead were reported to be more than 5,000. There was some grumbling among numbers of young g. I. S taking part in the assaults, questioning whether the objective is worth the bloodshed. Out here in this very difficult war, i thinks history will report this may have been one of americas finest hours because we took a difficult task and we succeeded. Youre doing your job. I can assure you were going to try to do ours to see that they didnt fight in vain. Thank you very much. Nixon did not want to be the first president of the United States to lose a war. It was a matter of personal pride with him. His basic goal was to end t