company of heroes: a forgotten medal of honor and bravo company's war in vietnam

company of heroes: a forgotten medal of honor and bravo company

“Instead of being celebrated, our Vietnam veterans were often shunned,” Obama said in his speech during the ceremony. After that, the whole house rose, as if it were at a concert or a baseball game, and gave Leslie Sabo’s comrades the long-overdue admiration they earned 42 years earlier. Then, General James Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, stood. The applause started off solemn and polite. More than two dozen of Leslie Sabo’s long-ago comrades were invited to the White House, where the President, in an unusual recognition for a ceremony to honor an individual soldier, asked Waybright, Stocks, Greene, Brown, Rios, and more than two dozen additional men who accompanied Sabo into Vietnam and Cambodia to stand and be recognized for their valor. Obama, in his speech during the ceremony, wasn’t even subtle about it. In fact, the Vietnam War commemoration began on May 16, 2012, the day Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Leslie Halasz Sabo Jr. Somewhat arbitrarily, the Obama administration set 1963 as the Vietnam War’s beginning, which meant the 50-year anniversary observances began with that year’s Memorial Day celebration.

The applause lasted for nearly a full minute, with President Barack Obama leading the tribute. (This was Leslie’s final letter to his brother) I’m taking R&R in mid-July, it won’t be much longer now and I’ll be home. I’m going to finish this letter so I can give it to somebody to mail before they pick us up. By the way, I saw George was the head of a committee. I was very surprised to see your picture in the Ledger which I did about two weeks ago, so I cut it out and put it in my photo album and have been carrying it since. It almost seemed like we were back at some fort in the US. Here at An Khe we have a large PX and a service club. Our battalion is now stationed at An Khe. You mentioned my being in a new mountain. Tell George I think his grades are really good, I can’t imagine how he can take so many hours and still get good grades. Also I am very proud of Tony for making the team. I received Tony and Stevie’s letters a while ago. Yesterday I received your letter and was very happy to hear from you.

Company of heroes: a forgotten medal of honor and bravo company's war in vietnam