Thursday, January 30, 2014

Deaths: Vietnam War Medal of Honor Winner

JOHN J. McGINTY III, USMC (1940-January 17, 2014) //// Went on active duty in 1958 after enlistment. Eventually a drill instructor on Parris Island, S.C.. Won his Medal of Honor 18 July 1966, when he and 32 men fought off successive attacks of a North Vietnamese regiment while his battalion was withdrawing. The enemy lost approximately 500 men. ////

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