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Three To Receive Medals of Honor Including A Civil War Soldier


In two weeks, Pres. Obama will award the Medal of Honor to three soldiers. Two served in Vietnam and one during the Civil War.

The two Vietnam veterans include Army Command Sgt. Major Bennie G. Adkins and Army Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat. First Lt. Alonzo Cushing served in the Civil War.

Adkins was deployed to Vietnam three times. The Special Forces soldier displayed "extraordinary bravery" during a sustained attack by the Vietcong from March 9 to March 12, 1966. During the battle, Sgt. Major Adkins sustained injuries while dragging several wounded soldiers to safety during a mortar attack. Akins remained in the Army and retired after 22 years of service. He will be attending the ceremony.

Sloat was a machine gunner. In 1970, his squad was on patrol near Hawk Hill Fire Base. One of the soldiers in the squad triggered a grenade booby-trap in their path. Sloat picked up the grenade but realized it would explode before he could toss it aside. Instead he used his body to shield the grenade from the other soldiers. He was killed in the blast.

Cushing, serving in the Army of the Potomac, was shot multiple times on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. First Lt. Cushing was killed but his heroic actions made it possible for the Union Army to hold back the Confederate assault.
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