Special Forces Soldier May Receive the Medal of Honor, 56 Years Later
Share This: Mr. Davis holds a photo of himself taken during his Army days. The Pentagon is conducting an expedited review of his nomination for the Medal of Honor. Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times His brothers repeatedly told the Army that Capt. Paris Davis deserved the Medal of Honor. The Army kept losing his paperwork… over and over again What was overlooked in 1965 may come to fruition in 2021. Here’s what happened: In Vietnam, in the middle of a raid on an enemy camp, Paris Davis was blown up by a grenade that blasted out several of his teeth and tore off part of his t...