Reply #7: He's giving the medal of Honor to Lt. Col. Crandall

[Whoa_Nelly]

on edit: CNN's bad...I was reading the man's miitary title from the TV screen...they had him as MAJOR Crandall (was written that way in my subject line..ahve changed it.) Now, they have corrected it, and I also caught it in finding the article below.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/26/crandall.medal.of.honor/

Vietnam hero on film gets highest honor for valor


• Bruce Crandall and wingman rescued 70 wounded soldiers from Vietnam battle
• Crandall had to switch helicopters several times during battle because of damage
• Story told in "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young" and film "We Were Soldiers"
By Larry Shaughnessy
CNN Washington Bureau
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(CNN) -- Lt. Col. Bruce Crandall's heroics in Vietnam were immortalized in a movie and a critically acclaimed book.

More than 40 years after Crandall repeatedly risked his life to rescue American soldiers fighting one of the toughest battles of the Vietnam War, the U.S. military officially will recognize his heroism Monday, when he is awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for military valor.

Although it took more than four decades for the military to honor Crandall, he considers himself fortunate.

"Most people get after they are dead, so I'm one of the lucky ones," said Crandall, 74, who lives in retirement with his wife, Arlene, in Manchester, Washington.

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Good for Crandall. And the heroes of today? Where and when are they going to be publically lauded (and abused for the photo-op) by * ?