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President Awards Vietnam Vets For Heroism

 

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Tue, 10/20/2009 - 11:52

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According to CNN, Nearly four decades after members of a U.S. cavalry unit put their lives in danger to save 100 fellow soldiers trapped under enemy fire in Vietnam, they received the Presidential Unit Citation on Tuesday.

It's an honor their captain says is long overdue.

President Obama awarded the citation for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry to 86 members of the Army's Troop A, First Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

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