Silver Star Awarded to Veteran 40 Years Later
By Jennifer Borrasso
11:55 AM EDT, August 22, 2009
It was an honor for a former soldier from Lackawanna County forty years after his time in Vietnam.
It was a special ceremony at Genetti's in Wilkes-Barre to honor one man's heroism.
"The president of the United States of America has awarded the Silver Star to Private First Class Paul J. Wedlock, United States Army. . . " the loudspeaker sounded on Friday evening.
Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, pinned the Silver Star onto Paul Wedlock of Scranton.
In 1969 Wedlock was 19 years old and serving with the U.S. Army in South Vietnam. During one firefight, he crawled across a battlefield to pull his severely wounded commanding officer to safety.
"I don't feel like I'm a hero, no not at all, not at all, it's just one of the things we do that's our job being in infantry," PFC Wedlock said of his bravery.
Though Wedlock's display of courage happened 40 years ago, it was the recent efforts of Veterans' Outreach Center employee Ruth Gonzalez that finally earned him the army's third highest honor.
By Jennifer Borrasso
11:55 AM EDT, August 22, 2009
It was an honor for a former soldier from Lackawanna County forty years after his time in Vietnam.
It was a special ceremony at Genetti's in Wilkes-Barre to honor one man's heroism.
"The president of the United States of America has awarded the Silver Star to Private First Class Paul J. Wedlock, United States Army. . . " the loudspeaker sounded on Friday evening.
Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, pinned the Silver Star onto Paul Wedlock of Scranton.
In 1969 Wedlock was 19 years old and serving with the U.S. Army in South Vietnam. During one firefight, he crawled across a battlefield to pull his severely wounded commanding officer to safety.
"I don't feel like I'm a hero, no not at all, not at all, it's just one of the things we do that's our job being in infantry," PFC Wedlock said of his bravery.
Though Wedlock's display of courage happened 40 years ago, it was the recent efforts of Veterans' Outreach Center employee Ruth Gonzalez that finally earned him the army's third highest honor.
read more here
No comments:
Post a Comment
If it is not helpful, do not be hurtful. Spam removed so do not try putting up free ad.