“Everybody was a Hero that Day”

In the battle for Widows’ Village during Tet 1968, a single scout platoon earned three DSCs, six Silver Stars and 22 Bronze Stars. In late January 1968, my scout platoon—part of the 9th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry (Mechanized)—set up in a defensive position off High- way 15, the major road leading to the …

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