Recently, I had the honor of listening to Vietnam Veteran Dave Hill tell his story of what happened the night Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Taylor rescued Hill and 3 others during the war in Vietnam.

Mr. Hill also told the story of the work he, along with several others, did to help get Taylor the Medal of Honor.

Today on the show Dave Hill tells his story in his own words.

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In the fall of 2025 Chattanooga and the Coolidge National Medal Of Honor Heritage Center will host the annual Medal Of Honor Convention.

All Living Medal of Honor recipients will be invited to town with dozens in attendance.

Recently there was a kick off event with guest speaker Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter.

On this episode, Kyle Carpenter's remarks from the official announcement of the Medal of Honor Celebration in Chattanooga.

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Doyle Cox was with the first American troops into Korea in the summer of 1950.

You can watch our video story about Mr. Cox here: https://youtu.be/G2AumQGS-Qc

He was a member of what's known as Task Force Smith. Those were the Americans who fought in the Battle of Osan, the first American engagement in the war in Korea.

Doyle Cox was awarded 5 Bronze Stars in the war. 3 of them had the V attachment for valor in combat, but for most of his life he refused to tell the story of what he experienced during the war.

It’s not completely clear all the reasons why.

Was it due to just being a member of his generation? Stoic and Humble.

Maybe it just better for him to push those unpleasant thoughts out of his mind.

The combat losses for the 24th Division in the first 2 and a half weeks of the Korean War were comparable to the losses for U.S. Forces at Omaha Beach and Pearl Harbor.

Doyle Cox was honored for heroic acts in some of the most intense combat for U.S. Forces during the war.

At the Battle of Osan the Americans were outnumbered 5 or 6 to 1.

There's a well known Cherokee proverb that says don't judge a man until you've walked in his shoes.

I think that is fitting for the story you will hear in this episode.

Doyle Cox's son Troy tells me his father's story and about Troy's journey to learn the stories his father never told him.

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Earlier this month the United States Army's First Infantry Division named a road after Chattanooga native Medal and of Honor recipient Captain Larry Taylor on the base at Fort Riley in Kansas.

This is the latest of many honors for Larry Taylor. Several of them have come after he passed in late January of this year.

Recently, I had a conversation with Dave Hill.

Dave and Larry Taylor were friends for a very long time.

Dave Hill is the last surviving member of the 4 man LURP team who Taylor rescued in June of 1968 in the combat action that would earn Captain Taylor the Medal of Honor 55 years later.

Also, Dave Hill along with several others worked for years pushing for Taylor to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

In this episode I talk to Dave about several topics.

The interview was conducted on a bus. We were on a trip through North Georgia with a few dozen descendants of 4 of the Andrews' Raiders from the Civil War.

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On Veterans Day we put together a special report, as we followed the family of Medal of Honor Recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis as they visited the exact spot Sgt. Davis was killed in Action.

You can watch the full special here: https://youtu.be/_jNikM8FsaY

During what's know as Operation Swift during the Vietnam War, Davis sacrificed his life and saved 5 fellow Marines.

The story is incredible and every American should know the story.

One of those Marines who there fighting alongside Sgt. Davis when this happened was John Brackeen, Davis' platoon commander.

For this story I talked to Brackeen's grandson, Steve.

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David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill.

This is part 2 of our conversation. In this episode David talks about being the CEO of One to One Health in Chattanooga, TN and he tells the story of how his interpreter from the war in Afghanistan came to the U.S. and lived with him for 7 years.

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Will parts of the Air National Guard be moved away from the direction of governors and under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Space Force?

That proposal is closer to becoming reality than many may realize.

On this episode we talk to someone who knows exactly where this proposal stands right now, and what would need to happen for this to become law.

We talk about this and more with Republican U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann from Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District.

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David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill.

This is part one of a two part conversation with David Kinzler. Part two is coming soon.

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Host Josh Roe just returned from a trip to Da Nang, Vietnam where he witnessed several incredible events. One of those events was a meeting that included veterans in Vietnam who fought against U.S. forces in the 1960s & 70s and a delegation of Americans that included veterans from the war in Vietnam, U.S. Veterans who served after the war, current service members, and family members of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Rodney Davis.

Josh takes us inside that meeting.

This conversation took place in Da Nang on Thursday September 5, 2024.

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Last spring I met John Hollis over zoom.

John Hollis has spent most of his professionally life telling stories about other people working as a journalist in many places, and a few years ago he wrote a book about Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis. Davis was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

In our last episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee, I announced the show was going on a trip to Vietnam. Rodney Davis' story is a major reason we are going on this trip. Look for much more on our trip very soon.

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