President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy — facing almost certain death.
President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor, a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot who risked his life by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Capt.
Taylor, a Tennessean who is now 81, recalled in an interview last week that he had to figure out how to get the men out, otherwise "they wouldn’t make it."David Hill, one of the four Taylor saved that night, said his actions were what "we now call thinking outside the box." Taylor arrived in minutes at the site northeast of what is now Ho Chi Minh City. He asked the team to send up flares to mark their location in the dark. Taylor and a pilot in an accompanying helicopter started firing their ships’ Miniguns and rockets at the enemy, making low-level attack runs and braving intense ground fire for about a half-hour.
Retired U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor has a laugh during his Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 05, 2023, in Washington, DC. "You just do whatever is expedient and do whatever to save the lives of the people you’re trying to rescue," he said.
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