Sunday, April 15, 2001
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| By CARL MANNING The Associated Press LEAVENWORTH -- Roger Donlon remembers the California air show he attended in the 1980s when the lie smacked him square in the face. He was standing with a half dozen fellow Medal of Honor recipients when a man came up to Donlon and started talking about how a relative was the first soldier to receive the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. Those listening knew he was wrong -- Donlon in 1964 received the first Medal of Honor from the Vietnam War and they all knew it. All except for the man chatting away. "A little hush came over the group and they all looked at me," recalled Donlon, 67. "I didn't confront him, but told the commander of the American Legion and that took care of that."..... |
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