Silver Star Medal; Bronze Star Medal; Purple Heart Medal with one oak leaf cluster; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Vietnam Campaign Medal; Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with silver star; Combat Medic Badge; Parachutist Badge; and Vietnamese jump wings...
Later that year, he began the first of two combat tours in Vietnam. He was awarded three Bronze Stars for valour and a Purple Heart with an Oak Leaf Cluster—he received the latter honour for a combat injury that cost him part of his right foot. He spent almost a year recovering from...
(1980), an account of his early airborne service with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His awards and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, theLegion of Merit, thePurple Heart, the Bronze Star, and the Master Parachute Badge with four combat jump stars. ...