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See, e.g., the unbelievable heroics — and losses — in rescuing a shot-down American flier during (what we call) the Vietnam war, including a Navy SEAL who was a
by dctoedt 4y ago
See, e.g., the unbelievable heroics — and losses — in rescuing a shot-down American flier during (what we call) the Vietnam war, including a Navy SEAL who was awarded* the Medal of Honor for his astonishing feats in finally getting the guy out more than ten days after he was downed.
* For those who don't know: Recipients of medals for valor in combat (I'm not a member of that august group) don't like it when people say they "won" the medals, because all too often some of their friends died in the engagement; the preferred usage is that someone "received" or "was awarded" the medal in question.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Bat_21_Bravo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Bat_21_Bravo
- angrais 4y agoWhy did you say "what we call" in reference to the Vietnam war? Is there another name for it? Besides the obvious name of whatever the "enemy" called it at the time?
- dctoedt 4y ago> Why did you say "what we call" in reference to the Vietnam war? I guess I was thinking that HN is a very multinational forum, and I don't know what people in other countries would call the Vietnam War. (I'm reminded of how genteel Southern ladies supposedly used to refer to the Civil War as The Late Unpleasantness.)
- yesenadam 4y agoApparently in Vietnam it's commonly called (what translates as) "Resistance War against America". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_Vietnam_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_Vietnam_War
- lefstathiou 4y agoTechnically not a “war”
- nwiswell 4y agoSounds like there was something at play besides pure camaraderie and no-man-left-behind ethos: > Hambleton had Top Secret access to Strategic Air Command operations and was an expert in surface-to-air missile countermeasures. The North Vietnamese Army may have possessed information about his presence in Vietnam and his capture would have meant a huge intelligence bonanza for the Soviet Union.
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