Then-Capt. Paris Davis, 83, was so badly injured when his team became overwhelmed by Viet Cong on June 18, 1965, that he resorted to firing his weapon with his pinkie — and was still able to save t…
President Joe Biden awarded retired Col. Paris Davis with the Medal of Honor for saving his team in a 1965 Vietnam War battle.Then-Capt. Paris Davis saved three comrades who were trapped and wounded behind enemy fire.Biden on Friday congratulates Davis, who was bestowed the nation’s highest military honor.Davis, who is originally from Cleveland, was thwarted from rescuing the sergeant two times because of enemy fire, which left the captain shot in the arm.
The captain refused to leave to save himself throughout the fighting, instead staying on the battlefield to help coordinate air and artillery strikes. Then-Captain Davis giving a tour of his camp in South Vietnam to the commander of U.S. forces Gen. William Westmoreland.Biden said he was presenting the medal to Davis “at long last,” explaining that the exemplary soldier wasn’t recognized for his heroism at the time as a black soldier in a post-segregated America.
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