HONORING VETERANS

Veteran recalls battle leading to Medal of Honor Release No. 09-13-10 Sept. 22, 2010 Veteran recalls battle leading to Medal of Honor By Senior Master Sgt. David Byron Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFRNS) -- In 1968, a battle raged where heroes arose only to be unacknowledged for 18 years. Proper recognition occurred during a White House ceremony Sept. 21 when Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after saving three of his men in a battle that failed to make headlines at the time because of its then-highly classified nature. Retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Daniel was one of the Airmen Chief Etchberger saved during the battle at the Lima 85 radar site. The mission, named Heavy Green, was to provide radar information and assistance to U.S. aircraft bombing military targets in Hanoi, Vietnam, its surrounding areas and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The radar site, located on a hilltop in Laos, was not...

Airman receiving Medal of Honor for '68 actions Inbox X Reply afpc.retiree@randolph.af.mil to me show details Sep 8 (5 days ago) Welcome, new Air Force Retiree News Service subscribers! For optimum viewing and hyperlink support, please view this message as HTML. Release No. 09-04-10 Sept. 8, 2010 Airman receiving Medal of Honor for '68 actions WASHINGTON (AFRNS) -- An Air Force senior NCO who was killed 42 years ago will receive the Medal of Honor for actions he took after enemy forces overran a clandestine U.S. radar site in Laos. Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. "Dick" Etchberger, 35, died March 11, 1968, after being shot following an overnight battle on Mount Phou Pha Thi at Lima Site 85, as the radar location was known to Americans, where he helped maintain equipment that aided the U.S. bombing campaign of North Vietnam. Despite having received little or no combat training, Chief Etchberger single-handedly held off the enemy with an M-16, while sim...

Green Beret to Get Posthumous Medal of Honor September 10, 2010 Stars and Stripes|by Leo Shane III WASHINGTON -- President Obama will posthumously honor Army Staff Sgt. Robert Miller with the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony next month, making him the third servicemember to receive the award for actions in Afghanistan. Miller, a weapons sergeant assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Airborne, was killed by small-arms fire on Jan. 25, 2008. White House officials said Miller sacrificed his life to protect the lives of his teammates and 15 Afghan soldiers. Army officials said Miller’s unit was supporting an Afghan Border Police security patrol in the Chenar Khar Valley in Kunar Province when they were ambushed by Taliban fighters hiding in nearby buildings. The unit called for close-air support to bomb an insurgent position, but was attacked again when they moved in to survey the damage. Miller’s team captain was seriously wounded. Fellow Soldiers said as...