There wasn't anything heroic about it. I was just trying to help my friend."
(He also has a Purple Heart and I don't know what else).
"...wasn't anything heroic about it." Yeah, the VC were probably just shooting blanks or .270's or something harmless like that.
A friend of mine earned Silver Star also, for a situation just like that. A guy got shot and Jim crawled out and pulled him back under fire. He never did tell me about it. His father brought it up over lunch one day. His dad said "Don't ever tell Jim I told you. He gets really pissed-off if I say anything."
