Homer_Baker

June 18, 2000

Msg forwarded.....

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:51:05 +0000
From: Tommy Jackson <editor@thedailycitizen.com>

Subject: Re: Homer Baker Article

Dear Sir:
Thank you for your letter and for your service to our great nation. We too have confirmed and retracted the story about the gentleman in question. We are in the process of considering legal action. Thank you again for your letter.

Tommy Jackson editor.

Mistreated Boy, Medal of Honor Man

By LINDA HICKS
Searcy Daily Citizen,
June 18, 2000

Homer Baker was hungry, but the pain in his stomach wasn't as strong as the hurt he was feeling in his heart the day he left his mother's side at the age of three....

He served in Vietnam for three years beginning in 1967. He had already served in World War II and Korea.

Certificates on his walls and documents in his files serve as proof that he is a highly decorated soldier. Among his medals are a Bronze Star, a Silver Star and a Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor was awarded for bravery in Vietnam.

He was on a night mission and parachuted into Cambodia in an attempt to liberate an American general.

Wounded, he carried a lieutenant on his back while helping carry a lieutenant general on a stretcher for nine miles.

Also, 18 other American prisoners were liberated in the mission....