Clarence Sasser, Vietnam Medic Awarded Medal of Honor for Treating Troops Under Fire, Dies at 76
Clarence Sasser, one of the Vietnam War’s few remaining Medal of Honor recipients, died last week at the age of 76. In 1968, while serving as a medic with the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Sasser’s company unexpectedly came under heavy enemy fire while making an aerial insert into a rice paddy […]
A Black Medic Wounded on D-Day Will Be Honored for Treating Dozens of Troops Under Enemy Fire
WASHINGTON — An African American combat medic who was wounded while landing on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion but went on to tend to dozens of troops will be posthumously honored Wednesday in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. His family and supporters continue to push for an even higher recognition they believe his […]
