Our chapter is dedicated to preserving the memory and honoring the sacrifice of Marvin Glenn Shields, the only Seabee to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Save memory and dedicate to the sacrifice of Marvin Glen Shields In our section, Marvin Glen Shields is the only medal of honor CBby
He joined the Navy on January 8, 1962. After construction training, he worked with Construction Brigade mobile service on Nov. 1104 in Southern Vietnam in November, 1104, and on June 10, 1965, in cooperation with the Civie team where the Vietcong Regiment was attacked. After injury, Shields will continue to carry the ammunition to the firing line, after receiving the second wound, the injured soldier will adhere to help being more severely safe. He refused to consider himself, now weakened considerably now, again exposed to the enemy's fire, volunteers, to fix the machine gun again, to help outside the whole camp . Successfully destroyed him and others "After the installation of enemy machine guns, they died in the wounds caused by Shields, so they definitely saved the lives of my colleagues in the courtyard."
On September 13, 1966 Marvin Shields was awarded the Medal of Honor after death. He is buried in the Gardner Cemetery. Vietnam war war memorial memorial 02E, which included his name, 007 line was held at the tomb of Washington Gardner every year, with Seabees ranked in.
The US Navy is named by his name escort destroyer staff. Marvin Shields put it in use in 1969, which has been serving 21 years ago
Marked by Marvin G. Shields Memorial Mrs Richard McCurdy, it is awarded in honor of Marvin Shields. The inscription reads: "courage and patriotism exceeded the call of duty." Marvin Shields, USA CMAS, 1939-1965
Interdisciplinary character development resources, not only the use of oral history to communicate medals of winner of honor in high school students and university students, "Medal of Honor: Personal courage and lesson of self-sacrifice", not military matters, Everyone can see, in courage and sacrifice
Memorial dedication, through history and history waitress, record and female patriotism and sacrifice records of "Lost Story" memorial foundations were collected and saved about 2 million women in the story in the story. Take the time with the US military. Commemorating the Public Memorial Foundation's archive, the exhibition hall in general by reservation system, many women with military service instead of crafts and pictures on display
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