Vince Butler / Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center
Four years ago, Dwight Birdwell received the Medal of Honor - this nation’s highest military award for valor - for his actions nearly six decades ago as a U.S. Army soldier during the Vietnam War.
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