Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Vietnam War Soldier Awarded Posthumous Medal Of Honor

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Heroic Vietnam War Soldier Awarded Posthumous Medal Of Honor -- MSNBC

President Barack Obama presented the country’s highest military decoration to the family of Army Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., who was killed protecting fellow soldiers from an ambush in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

The 22-year-old Army rifleman killed several North Vietnamese soldiers, shielded a comrade from a grenade blast and forced a retreat in a battle that took place on May 10, 1970.

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