Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans
NPRBiden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Biden will award the United States' highest military honor Friday to seven U.S Army soldiers who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Sponsor Message Biden will also award the Medal of Valor to eight first responders, including five police officers — Sgt. Jeffrey Mathes, Officer Rex Engelbert and Detectives Michael Collazo, Ryan Cagle and Zachary Plese — who responded to a shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., in March 2023, killing the attacker. Tu Tran, who rescued a woman from a frozen pond in Lincoln, Neb., in February 2023; Lt. John Vanderstar, a New York City firefighter who rescued a mother and child from a burning building in October 2022; and New York City firefighter Brendan Gaffney, who rescued an unconscious child and pregnant woman from a fire in February 2023.
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