Vietnam Hero Awarded Medal of Honor

Major Bruce P. Crandall
President Bush Presents the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Crandall
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Vietnam Pilot Receives Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An unarmed helicopter pilot who flew through a hail of bullets to rescue 70 wounded Americans in one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War was awarded the Medal of Honor on Monday, 41 years later.

Vietnam Pilot to Get Highest Award
President Will Present Medal of Honor Today to Hero of 1965 Battle of Ia Drang
(Washington Post) -- Retired Army Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall wears a hearing aid and speaks haltingly at times. But when asked about a harrowing 1965 battle in South Vietnam's central highlands, his voice resounds with a resolve that leaves little doubt why, today at the White House, he will receive the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award.

Vietnam War helicopter pilot is awarded Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (Stars & Stripes) -- Bruce Crandall knows that many Medal of Honor recipients are recognized posthumously, often killed as a direct result of their heroic actions.

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