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Biden will award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight
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President Joe Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to
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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in Vietnam
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Biden awards Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in Vietnam firefight
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Biden will award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight
WASHINGTON (AP) — As an Army first lieutenant and Cobra helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, Larry Taylor flew hundreds of missions and saved countless lives. But no rescue flight was as daring, or as meaningful to Taylor, as the one for which he will receive the Medal of Honor from President Jo…
The White House says President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam War-era Army pilot who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy.
Army Capt. Larry Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is set to be awarded the Medal of Honor on Sept. 5. He is credited with the daring rescue of a small patrol of soldiers who were surrounded by the enemy in Vietnam.
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor for combat heroism to U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor, who in 1968 Vietnam rescued four soldiers after a plan to save them was scrubbed because it was thought to have almost no chance of success.
The White House says President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam War-era Army pilot who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy
President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy — facing almost certain death.
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor on Tuesday, honoring the Army pilot who risked his life during the Vietnam War by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.
The Army says the then-first lieutenant flew his Cobra attack helicopter on June 18, 1968, to rescue the four men. Taylor landed under heavy enemy fire.
President Joe Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to
On the night of June 18, 1968, then-1st Lt. Larry Taylor flew his Cobra attack helicopter to rescue the four men after they had become surrounded by the enemy.
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot who risked his life by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.
Retired Capt. Larry Taylor will receive the Medal of Honor from President Biden during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday for a death-defying rescue during the Vietnam War.
First Lt. Larry L. Taylor, whose helicopter was running out of fuel and ammunition, rescued four soldiers who were taking intense enemy fire in Vietnam.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor on Tuesday, honoring the Army pilot who risked his life during the Vietnam War by flying i…
President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot who scrambled to perform a daring rescue of four soldiers surrounded by heavy enemy fire and facing almost certain death.
Retired Capt. Larry Taylor risked his life by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.
Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring rescue of a small team of soldiers who had been left for dead.
