Tag: Medal of Honor

  • #History 1st #Marine Wins #Medal of #Honor

    #History 1st #Marine Wins #Medal of #Honor

    On this day in 1965 Viet Cong ambushed Company A of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, led by U.S.M.C. Lt. Frank Reasoner of Kellogg, Idaho. The Marines had been on a sweep of a suspected Viet Cong area to deter any enemy activity aimed at the nearby airbase at Da Nang.…

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