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Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

COL. PARIS DAVIS | Every Weapon I Had (Ep. 805)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome United States Army Colonel Paris Davis to the show. He is a retired and highly decorated veteran of the US Army Special Forces (aka the Green Berets). He served in Korea and then saw combat during the Vietnam war. He was first nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1965 after a battle in Binh Dinh Provence, Vietnam, but he was not awarded the Medal until March 3rd, 2023. He is the author of the new book “Every Weapon I Had: A Vietnam Vet’s Long Road to the Medal of Honor.” In this interview, we discuss how the execution of his older brother changed the trajectory of his life, why he joined the United States Army, the creation of and how he ended up in Special Forces, the difference between his first and second deployments to Vietnam, his actions during battle which led to him receiving the Medal of Honor, why he defied a commanding officer’s orders to leave the battlefield, his mindset after he was first wounded in battle, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is undaunted Life a Man's Podcast.

0:24.0

I'm your host, Kyle Thompson.

0:25.7

Let's get into it.

0:26.7

All right, guys, we've got a very special guest on the podcast today.

0:28.8

His name is Colonel Paris Davis.

0:30.5

So he is a retired and highly decorated veteran of the United States Army Special Forces,

0:34.9

otherwise known as Green Berets.

0:36.0

He served in Korea Korea and then he saw

0:37.9

combat during the Vietnam War. So he was first nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor

0:42.9

in 1965 after the battle in Ben-Dien Province. It was Bong-Song in Vietnam. And he was not awarded

0:50.1

the medal until March 3rd of 2003. So he's the author of the new book that I've got right here.

0:56.2

Every weapon I had a Vietnam vet's long road to the medal of honor. And so the thing about this

1:01.4

interview today is, you know, you're talking to a guy that has seen some incredible things and you've

1:06.1

got this super detailed autobiography where it gets into his upbringing, how he, you know, goes to

1:10.6

school and then he gets into the military and kind of what these deployments look like.

1:13.6

And we just couldn't get to all of it. I mean, I had so many questions for him and we just didn't really have the time today.

1:19.6

And there is just, you know, as an aside, there is a mild explicit language warning, especially towards the end.

1:24.6

So for anyone listening with little ears, just keep that in

1:27.6

mind. But the thing with Colonel Davis that I thought was so interesting is, especially, you know,

1:34.3

middle to the end of the interview, you can see he's going off on a lot of diatribes about a lot of

1:38.8

different subjects because you can see he's just firing and thinking of this story and how it attaches

1:43.0

this story and how attaches attaches this story now attaches that

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