Medal of Honor soldiers honored in Kentucky.

[RICHARD]

A very cool celebration that's been happening for the last few days here in town.

http://www.whas11.com/community/Loui...130665953.html

[wombat2u2004]

Good one.
Here's some pics from St.Louis that my mate Donny sent me this morning. The get together was only a few days ago at Kokomo.
Don runs the vets chapter there, I was with his outfit for a while over in Stinkynam.

The gang


Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Sammy Lee Davis

Davis joined the Army from Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1965. By November 18, 1967, he was serving as a private first class with Battery C,2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam.

On that day, his unit was west of Cai Lay when they fell under heavy mortar attack by the Viet Cong as around 15,000 VC swarmed the area. Upon detecting an enemy position, Davis manned a machine gun to give his comrades covering fire so they could fire artillery in response. Davis was wounded, but ignored warnings to take cover, taking over the unit's burning howitzer and firing several shells himself. He also disregarded his inability to swim (due to injuries; Davis knew how to swim), crossing a river on an air mattress to help rescue three wounded American soldiers. He ultimately found his way to another howitzer site to continue fighting the VC attack until they fled. He was subsequently promoted to sergeant and received the Medal of Honor the following year.

Davis was forced to retire in 1984 due to his injuries. Footage of his Medal of Honor award ceremony was used in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, with actor Tom Hanks' head superimposed over that of Davis. He goes to the Kokomo reunion every year.

Sammy with a couple of the boys


An aerial shot of the show


A few of the Indiana Boys....


As you can see, they all love Jane


No show is complete without a "Huey" or two


A 1st Cav guy


This guy runs the bird sanctuary in St. Louis


And a few beers were downed...hee hee

[wombat2u2004]

And some more beers, into the night

And more....getting a bit wonky now


Until we can't fit any more beer in


A Marine showing off one of his captured trophies


Another Marine


A few of the girls were there


Geez....this lady don't like Jane either


This is my mate Don being molested by some woman


I think Donny is enjoying this


Hey Richard, is that you ?

[wombat2u2004]

And, it's flag time


More flag time


Another shot of Richard


There were old geezers and young geezers


Even F Troop showed up


And they finished off with a "BANG"


And another "BANG"

And a good time was had by all. In a couple of years, Wom's going to attend

[Bonny]

What a reunion that must of been. Thanks for sharing.

[RICHARD]

Another shot of Richard

Jealous that the vertical stripes make me look thinner?

If you show up here in 'mer-i-cah you better show up with a bedroll.

[wombat2u2004]

Jealous that the vertical stripes make me look thinner?

If you show up here in 'mer-i-cah you better show up with a bedroll.

You know what they say mate..."Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home"