“You would fire the rounds up into the air and it would release tinfoil ... “I didn’t get my Vietnam service medals or my good conduct medal because they kept saying I didn’t qualify ...

(National Archives) The Vietnam War was nothing if not loaded with ironies at every conceivable level. The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point ...

Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam ... Coronado/Naval Air Station North Island. The monument — known as the CDR Clyde E. Lassen, USN (Ret.) Medal of Honor SH ...