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Medal of Honor

Unread post by David » April 10th, 2010, 2:06 pm

A town here in Texas every year holds an annual Medal of Honor gathering. They have a few dinners, lectures, and then a parade to finish off the weekend. This year 11 MOH recipients were present for the gathering.

I got the honor to drive Mr. Clarence Sasser in the parade in my M151. He's a very friendly, knowledgeable, and personable man. You can read his citation here: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3 ... eugene.php

Anyways, here are a few pics from the parade (Im the young one :D ) I got with my camera as I was to busy talking with Mr. Sasser to get anymore.

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Also, I was privileged enough to attend a dinner and get each one of the 11 recipients in attendance to add their signatures to my MOH book.
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Unread post by SEABEE62 » April 10th, 2010, 3:29 pm

Nice pictures.....they all look young to me ! Seabee
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Unread post by toptiger » April 10th, 2010, 4:01 pm

Thanks for sharing that.
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Unread post by David » April 10th, 2010, 4:42 pm

When I get more pictures I'll post up the UH1 and AH1 escort our convoy received for the 30 mile venture to the parade. That was impressive also.
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Unread post by David » April 12th, 2010, 12:43 am

Here's some more photos from the event.

http://family.webshots.com/photo/237346 ... ost=family

Hershel "Woody" Williams riding in one of my deuces. He is a Iwo MOH recipient. Received his medal for action against Japanese pill boxes using a flamethrower.

http://family.webshots.com/photo/247846 ... ost=family

AH-1 Flyover

http://family.webshots.com/photo/240985 ... ost=family
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Unread post by fowlercal » April 12th, 2010, 2:39 pm

David, What town were you in? I'm in San Antonio and will try to make the next one. Looks like fun.
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Unread post by David » April 12th, 2010, 2:57 pm

Gainesville, TX.

It's north of Dallas by about 60+/- miles.
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