Values and Valor of an American Hero // September 10, 2020
Hill 65 was one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Retired Army Colonel Sonny Tucker, was there leading the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Sonny says Hill 65 is etched in his memory more vividly than his mother’s name, losing 29 of his men that day. On today’s show Sonny recalls that morning of the eighth of November 1965, engaging the Viet Cong, General Westmoreland’s visit to the MASH Hospital, and standing in the Rose Garden with President Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey for the Congressional Medal of Honor presentation.