MEDAL OF HONOR 15 Jan1968 Vietnam US Army CO B 1st BN 69th Armor 4th Inf Div

[browningautorifle]

recognized the mental health issues

Said he was missing appointments (awol) and was then diagnosed... Yes, it was known.

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[Merle]

It didn't quite end like that. He didn't commit suicide because of PTSD. More to it... Dwight H. Johnson - Wikipedia

that is really sad!

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I am glad I am not the only one moved to dig deeper. The MOH citation reminded me of the Audie Murphy one. Tragic story indeed.
I just lost a good friend to what was very likely to have been agent orange exposure. The tragedies never seem to end.

[Frederick303]

Bloody tragic.

[RASelkirk]

Pretty bizarre (nowadays) how the services "used" thsee MOH winners. I'm far from a bleeding heart, but it seems making them constantly relive their most horrible experiences on a daily basis was the tragedy...

Russ

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Pretty bizarre (nowadays) how the services "used" thsee MOH winners. I'm far from a bleeding heart, but it seems making them constantly relive their most horrible experiences on a daily basis was the tragedy...

Russ

Or flag raisers re: Ira Hayes.

[old tanker]

Or flag raisers re: Ira Hayes.

[USGI]

Here's something I found in "USA Today" while doing research on Ira Hayes several years ago. I saw the paper on a news stand and the headline caught my eye. Most of what I knew about him before then was from the Johnny Cash record that my older brother played at home years ago. Many thanks to Old Tanker for the video link above! Another one that I looked up because of hearing those old records was a soldier named Rodger Young. - Bob