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"3RD BN, 5TH MARINES", VIETNAM, HEROIC CHAPLAIN VINCENT CAPODANNO-MEDAL OF HONOR

$ 3.16

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NO!
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • CHAPLAIN! MAN OF FAITH!: SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR HIS MARINES
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Conflict: Vietnam (1961-75)
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    COVER APPEARS WRINKLED, BUT IT'S THE SHADOW OF A TREE.
    CACHED COVER FRONT AND BACK -
    HONORING
    MEDAL OF HONOR
    RECIPIENT,
    LIEUTENANT VINCENT R. CAPODANNO
    ,
    U.S. NAVY CHAPLAIN CORPS,
    ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN OF 3RD BATTALION, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, QUANG TIN, VIETNAM.
    ON SEPTEMBER 4,
    1967 DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS WITH AN ARMED ENEMY, THE 2ND PLATOON OF MARINES OF M COMPANY IN HIS BATTALION WERE ABOUT TO BE OVERRUN BY A MASSIVE ENEMY ASSAULTING FORCE. WITHOUT REGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, FATHER CAPODANNO LEFT THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF THE COMPANY COMMAND POST, RAN THROUGH AN OPEN AREA RAKED WITH ENEMY FIRE, DIRECTLY TO THE BELEAGUERED PLATOON.
    DISREGARDING THE INTENSE SMALL ARMS, AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, AND MORTAR FIRE, HE MOVED ABOUT THE BATTLEFIELD ADMINISTERING LAST RITES TO THE DYING AND GIVING MEDICAL AID TO THE WOUNDED. WHEN AN EXPLODING MORTAR ROUND INFLICTED PAINFUL MULTIPLE WOUNDS TO HIS ARMS AND LEGS AND SEVERED A PORTION OF HIS RIGHT HAND, HE STEADFASTLY REFUSED MEDICAL AID. INSTEAD HE DIRECTED THE NAVY CORPSMEN TO HELP THEIR WOUNDED COMRADES, AND WITH CALM VIGOR, CONTINUED TO MOVE ABOUT THE BATTLEFIELD.
    HE WAS EVENTUALLY STRUCK DOWN BY MACHINE GUN FIRE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GIVE AID TO A DYING CORPSMAN.
    BY HIS HEROIC CONDUCT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND HIS INSPIRING EXAMPLE, LT. CAPODANNO UPHELD THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF THE U. S. NAVAL SERVICE, AND GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM. FRONT CACHET HAS HIS PHOTO, INSIGNIA, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS FLAGS, THE
    'VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL STAMP (REPLICA),
    ALL WITH
    PERTINENT TEXT,
    & THE
    'PURPLE HEART' STAMP.
    CANCELLED, "JUN 19, 2020, ANNAPOLIS, MD".
    REVERSE CACHET IS HIS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION.
    UN-ADDRESSED, AND POLY SLEEVE ENCLOSED.
    NICE,
    INEXPENSIVE SOUVENIR FOR THE MILITARY HISTORIAN.
    USCS MEMBER # 11835, COVER # 6 OF 10, "TOP SARGE" CACHET.