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Accepting on behalf of her father. specialist leonard l.alferado above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman with company d second battalion, first cavalry air mode. against an armed enemy in puck long province republic of vietnam on august 12, 1969. on that day the specialist and small reaction force moved through dense jungle to a beleaguered platoon and he opened fire when he suspected enemy fire. sfit his quick reaction he was soon pinned down by the hostile force that bloc...

Disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced on the bunker, leveling suppressive fire until he could drop the grenade into the bunker, mortally wounding the insurgent and destroying the fortification. without hesitation, he employed identical tactics as he proceeded the eliminate the next two enemy positions. with the destruction of the third bunker, specialist 4 erevia had exhausted his supply of hand grenades. he courageously charged forward behind the fire e...

Passed out. you see, for their gallantry under fire, each of these soldiers was long ago recognized with the armys second highest award. the distinguished service cross. but ask their fellow veterans, ask their families, and theyll tell you that their extraordinary deeds merited the highest recognition. and today we have the chance to set the record straight. this ceremony reminds us of one of the enduring qualities that makes america great. that makes us exceptional. no nation is perfect, but h...

I think as important as what we know is how we know it. id be going back and looking at each one of the different pieces of information and making sure that i hadnt made leaps that i shouldnt have made based on what we were told and exactly what the source was that we got it from. >> some of the things about which were pretty confident at this moment based on where we got it and how its come to us is it went high in the air, it went low in the air, that somebody programmed it to take a course th...

Company c first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near tam ky, republic of vietnam in 1969. after breaching and insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia was designated by platoon leader to render first casualties and the platoon move forward. he came under fire from four bunkers to his left front. though he could have taken cover with the rest of element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed...

Greg, starting with you, interesting theory. of course, at this point, all theories still on the table. chris goodfellow writing, what he thinks is happening, perhaps there was an electrical fire, something extraordinary happening onboard. instead of it being a malfeasance for the turn, the pilot said lets get to the nearest airport so thats why they turned that way. thats how pilots are train to think. where is the nearest airport we can land at in then theyre perhaps overcome by smoke and run ...

There was wiring years ago that had a problem and had toxic smoke. thats not supposed to happen in a modern day airplane. the wires are very slow burning. they will not burn so the pilots wouldnt have been able to get some kind of radio call up. >> some reason they turned for the best of reasons and unable to complete what they tried to do? >> you would have expected if they were turning, theyd just taken out of kuala lumpur. this was the best airport to handle the airplane. they would have gone...

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