tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post3693895502909629014..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: MOH: An Amazing Coincidence: Vietnam & WWIIBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-50451948586989062752017-04-05T05:02:21.284-04:002017-04-05T05:02:21.284-04:00:) Not the first, I'm sure.:) Not the first, I'm sure.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-75022848008303172392017-04-05T05:01:53.065-04:002017-04-05T05:01:53.065-04:00I may be wrong, but I don't remember Drew Dix ...I may be wrong, but I don't remember Drew Dix being wounded. http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=26&highlight=nagoBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-17389234259139372582017-04-05T05:01:03.167-04:002017-04-05T05:01:03.167-04:00Neat and thanks for the link.Neat and thanks for the link.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-478288039405994262017-04-04T14:32:11.125-04:002017-04-04T14:32:11.125-04:00A friend of mine said that the Air Force had to ei...A friend of mine said that the Air Force had to either award Bernie Fisher the Medal of Honor, or else, court-martial him, as he broke every Air Force regulation when he made that incredible rescue under fire.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-62937917374017093812017-04-04T14:29:42.288-04:002017-04-04T14:29:42.288-04:00Not only was Bernie Fisher awarded the Medal of Ho...Not only was Bernie Fisher awarded the Medal of Honor, but he also received the Silver Star Medal for his actions in the very same battle on the previous day.<br /><br />It's been said that Bernie Fisher is the only person to receive the Medal of Honor who was not wounded while getting it, and also unusual is that he received the Medal of Honor, not for taking lives, but for saving one.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-65175635640088764232017-04-04T14:24:42.381-04:002017-04-04T14:24:42.381-04:00I first met Bernie Fisher and his family in 1968 a...I first met Bernie Fisher and his family in 1968 at a "Mormon" church fireside meeting in his home at Bitburg Air Force Base in Germany.<br /><br />I was a Private First Class stationed at Spangdahlem Air Force Base, and each Sunday, attended services of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints at Bitburg Air Force, where Bernie Fisher was also a member.<br /><br />Many years later, he and I were both members of an organization of (mostly) Mormon veterans of the Viet Nam War (and other wars) seeking to assist Vietnamese members of our church who had been left behind at the fall of Saigon.<br /><br />When I lived in Idaho, I visited him several times at his farm, where he'd let me camp out while I was attending medical training in Boise.<br /><br />It was an unbelievable privilege to actually have a Medal of Honor recipient as a personal friend.<br /><br />Did you know he has a ship named after him?<br /><br />Here's the URL of a photograph:<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/writesong/3080314441/in/album-72157600590660317/lightbox/<br /><br />The ship's mission is to transport emergency supplies for the United States Air Force.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com