Soldier's actions rewrote families' history
Medal of Honor recipient, 1st. Lieutenant Taylor, on June 18, 1968, near the hamlet of Ap Go Cong, South Vietnam was flying a AHI-G Cobra attack helicopter when he received radio call for help.
He heard a whisper coming through the radio. "We are surrounded," the voice whispered. "We are surrounded."
The call came from a four-man recon team that was surrounded by about 100 enemy soldiers. Because it was dark, Taylor could not determine where they were. So he asked them to launch a flare — a move that would reveal their location to the enemy and himself as well.
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