The Michael Berry show on Monday or Tuesday. Maybe it was Monday. It was Medal of Honor day and a number of you at my request sent me emails of Medal of Honor recipients in your family or that you knew of.

And it was really special to get to read those. I shared some of those on the air. I shared some of those to social media.

But there were a couple of stories by the men themselves that I would like to

share now. Sergeant First Class Gary Latrell assumed command of a South Vietnamese Ranger unit on April 4 1970.

It's a few months before I'm born.

Over four days he skillfully guided its defense and organized its evacuation under constant

enemy fire in Kontum province.

Forgive me if I didn't pronounce it correctly, South Vietnam.

President Nixon presented him with a Medal of Honor on October 15, 1973 for his extraordinary bravery and leadership during this harrowing ordeal.

These stories get me every time folks.

I mean these guys they are they're just they're just heroes among us they were just

common folks like you and me and they rose to the occasion in April 1970 thell was one of four American advisors

assisting the South Vietnamese Army's

23rd Battalion in Kontum Province.

I was an advisor to the 23rd Vietnamese

Rangelin Battalion consisted of 143 Vietnamese Rangers and they were

absolutely warriors to the end.

Most of them were grudge fighters.

They'd lost their wife, their kids, their mothers, their fathers.

And they, depending on their religion,

most of them, most of them believed if they died honorably, they come

like a mother person and still wouldn't afraid of death. Me? I didn't believe that. I didn't want to get killed. I didn't want to be reborn the next day a better person.

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