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Vietnam Vet to receive Medal of Honor
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Posted : Friday Feb 9, 2007 23:23:38 EST
Posted : Friday Feb 9, 2007 23:23:38 EST
Bruce P. Crandall will be presented the Medal of Honor by President Bush on Feb. 26 in recognition of his valor at Landing Zone X-Ray during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam, according to an Army press release.
Crandall will be honored for repeatedly flying to a landing zone under intense enemy fire to rescue and re-supply 1st Cavalry Division ground soldiers, the release said. Even after the landing zone closed, Crandall, then a major, led two aircraft into the area on medical evacuation and re-supply missions, transporting more than 70 wounded soldiers to safety.
The Army will honor Crandall at a Pentagon ceremony Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.
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Former soldier Bruce P. Crandall, shown here while 5th Engineer Battalion commander in 1971, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during the battle of the Ia Drang Valley in 1965.
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