Tomorrow Town, Tennessee

The Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center will soon unveil a new exhibit that tells the legendary story of Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam War Cobra Helicopter Pilot Larry Taylor.

Back in October 2018, I sat down with Captain Taylor as he told me the incredible story of the night he rescued 4 soldiers on June 18, 1968.

This conversation happened 50 years after that combat action and 5 years before he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

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An incredible story one Vietnam War fighter pilot told Josh Roe about his role in a dangerous mission in the skies over North Vietnam.

Kit Smith's was a fighter pilot in the war and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the first bombing mission over Hanoi.

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Riley Tejcek has accomplished a lot in a short period of time.

The 28 year old is a captain in the Marine Corps and an ambassador for the Marine Corps’ 250th Birthday.

She's a former collegiate softball player at George Washington, and right now as this podcast is being released she is competing to make the Team USA Olympic Bobsled Team. If she gets to the games she would be the first female Marine to compete in the Olympics.

Also last week she released her first children's book where she wants to empower young girls.

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2025 is a big year for the United States Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th birthday on November 10, 2025.

On this episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee I talk to Ed Cutshall. He is a Marine Corps veteran, a Tennessee native, and currently Ed is the Director of the Marine Corps' Business and Support Services Division and CEO of Marine Corps Community Services.

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On this episode, a conversation with World War II pilot Major John "Lucky" Luckadoo.

Major Luckadoo flew with the 8th Air Force's 100th Bomb Group also known as the Bloody Hundredth.

The TV Show Masters of the Air tells the story of pilots who flew with the Bloody Hundredth over Europe leading up to the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

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The Battle of Hue City during the American war in Vietnam started at the very beginning of the Tet Offensive on January 31st 1968. That is 57 years ago this week.

On this episode a conversation with a man who was there, Nick Warr.

He wrote an outstanding book on what he witnessed in the battle called Phase Line Green.

I traveled to Vietnam in September and Nick Warr was on that trip. 

We visited Hue City as well as the location where Medal of Honor recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis was killed in Action.

This conversation took place on our last full day in Vietnam.

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The Battle of Missionary Ridge & Chattanooga National Cemetery with General B.B. Bell

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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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