I Still Got Americans Out There: The Paris Davis Story

from History You Didn't Ask For · host Nikki

In 1965, an Army captain disobeyed a direct order in a Vietnamese rice paddy because he wouldn't leave his men behind. His commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor. The paperwork disappeared. Then it disappeared again. This is the story of Colonel Paris Davis and the fifty-eight years between what he did and when the country finally said so out loud.

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