This Is How Marvin G. Shields Became The Only Seabee Ever To Receive The Medal Of Honor

Fifty years ago, young Seabee Marvin G. Shields (CM 3) served in Vietnam, Naval Mobile Construction Camp 11 Team Member 1104

For his heroic and selfless behavior during the fierce battle between the Vietnamese army and the excellent army in a place called Donsoy, he became the first and only CBby to receive the Medal of Honor.

This video is to celebrate the life and courage of CM 3 shield. This is to celebrate his 50th anniversary on the battlefield in Vietnam. His story has been told by his friends and Seabee team members.

Marvin Shields was born in the beautiful port townsend town of the Olympic peninsula in Washington State. He spent his grade there and entered the navy and the Marine Corps in 1962. On June 10, 1965, when they were suddenly attacked with a very great force, he and his team were with Donsoy and US troops. Vietnamese Communist Army

In a fierce battle, Shields came across the fire between the fire and brought ammunition and goods to his fellow Civy and the army. He also provides his own fire fighting activity. By doing so, he got hurt twice, and after receiving the second wound he was still able to safely move other injured soldier.

At one point he and the army officers volunteered to try to remove the enemy machine gun position. And it caused a devastating blow to the position of the United States. Under the heavy enemy's shooting, he was able to approach again using the rocket launcher to remove the machine gun, but then suffered a fatal injury.

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His friend said that he is always happy and always feeling good. One of his teammates said he was still talking in that optimistic tone, even if he was lying there, even though he was lying on his back after being struck.

Veterans remains ruins celebrating the memory and heroism of this battle CBby. We express respect and gratitude to him and her family and friends. His wife said to him: "He lives for his friends and lives for his friends."

For people there is no more. He is a good "can" cube. Like other Seabees, his motto is as follows.

Frank received the golden shield of his detective and the honorary medal of the division. Getting the highest honor in the department is bittersweet. I never held a ceremony for him. He could not put up with it - he was proudly wearing clothes in 1959 - to gain this honor in front of his family, friends and associates. Because of his injury, Frank retired from his beloved career in 1972. The best-selling novel is about his life. This book has become a movie "Selpico". Frank soon became famous, but he was always angry with his celebrity status. He moved to Switzerland, leaving behind the bad reviews and threats behind him. He found love, married and living farmers' lives until his wife died of cancer.

The hero may be a soldier who protected a friend with a grenade. William Kyle Carpenter is the youngest soldier ever to be awarded the honorary medal. This is a person who throws his body with a grenade to protect other soldiers. William suffered a lot of injuries, but his action saved the life of a man. A hero is a person who can tow people or catch a baby from dangerous falls when there is a danger of approaching the train. A true hero is a firefighter who can prevent car accidents, collapse, and burn buildings. These people are kids burning houses and people taking them out of deep wells. The real hero is the police. They will save themselves from protecting people with their bodies or doing suicide. If you need to write articles on personal heroes, please order on our website.

Within 155 a total of 3,500 troops won the honorary medal in Congress. According to the medal of the Assembly of Honorary Association of Congress, only 89 people - or only 2% - went to African-Americans. Henry Johnson is one of them. He is also one of the three Albany County residents who are known to receive medal of honor. Others were Albany 's Parker F. Dan who was killed in the First World War and Peter Dallesandro of the World War II hero Watervliet. Despite historical racial injustice, Henry Johnson endangered his life and fulfilled its duty even after returning to China as a hero. During the First World War, Johnson joined the black National Guard, but because the US Army was apartheid, he was forced to serve under the direction of the French Army.