Special Forces soldier who 'never' quit receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling firefight

Special Forces soldier who 'never' quit receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling firefight

After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up.

Special Forces soldier who 'never' quit receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling firefight

By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Betsy Klein, CNN After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up. But then-Capt. Paris Davis wasn’t most people — he was willing to risk his own life to protect his fellow soldiers during an attack in June 1965. Now nearly 60 years later, Davis received the recognition his fellow soldiers have long said he de…

Special Forces soldier who 'never' quit receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling firefight

By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Betsy Klein, CNN After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up. But then-Capt. Paris Davis wasn’t most people — he was willing to risk his own life to protect his fellow soldiers during an attack in June 1965. Now nearly 60 years later, Davis received the recognition his fellow soldiers have long said he de…

Special Forces soldier receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling Vietnam firefight

Retired trailblazer Col. Paris Davis received the Medal of Honor decades after his heroic actions in Vietnam saved the lives of his fellow Americans.

Special Forces soldier who 'never' quit receives Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after grueling firefight

After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up.

Colonel Paris Davis received the Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after he earned it in Vietnam

Colonel Paris Davis was nominated twice by his commander for the Medal of Honor. It took six decades to get it right.