{"id":2022297,"date":"2023-09-05T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-awards-vietnam-war-helicopter-pilot-medal-of-honor\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:42:07","slug":"watch-live-biden-awards-vietnam-war-helicopter-pilot-medal-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-awards-vietnam-war-helicopter-pilot-medal-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Biden honors Vietnam War pilot with Medal of Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-biden-awards-vietnam-war-helicopter-pilot-medal-of-honor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Joe Biden Awards Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is honoring the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-10-most-important-battles-in-us-military-history\/\" title=\"Counting Down The 10 Most Important Battles In US Military History\">incredible bravery<\/a> of Capt.\u200b Larry Taylor, a helicopter pilot who served during the Vietnam \u2062War. Taylor&#8217;s remarkable actions during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-combat-aviator-announces-gop-bid-for-open-house-seat-in-maryland\/\" title=\"Ex-combat aviator enters GOP race for vacant Maryland House seat.\">combat\u200b mission<\/a> on June 18,\u2063 1968, \u200chave earned him the prestigious Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-awards-vietnam-war-helicopter-pilot-medal-of-honor\/\" title=\"LIVE: Biden honors Vietnam War pilot with Medal of Honor\">providing life-saving air support<\/a> with his AH-1 Cobra gunship to a four-man reconnaissance team, surrounded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-odonnell-americas-first-christmas-that-changed-the-course-of-history\/\" title=\"Exclusive--O'Donnell: America\u2019s First Christmas that Changed the Course of History\">enemy fighters<\/a>, Taylor learned\u200c that the plan to evacuate the team with a Huey helicopter had been discarded. \u2063This decision effectively doomed the group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Undeterred by the dangerous situation, Taylor displayed &#8220;conspicuous gallantry&#8221; by performing an unprecedented feat. Despite the\u2064 Cobra \u2064not being designed for transport, he used his gunship to evacuate the recon team. The four\u2062 men clung onto the helicopter&#8217;s rocket pods and skids as Taylor skillfully lifted them out of the combat zone and safely dropped them at a secure location.<\/p>\n<h3>Recognizing Extraordinary Valor<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2064White House praised Taylor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-they-dont-pay-attention-to-collapsing-stock-market\/\" title=\"White House Says They Don\u2019t Pay Attention to Collapsing Stock Market\">extraordinary actions<\/a>, stating, &#8220;Taylor\u2019s conspicuous \u200cgallantry, his profound concern for \u200dhis fellow Soldiers, and \u2064his intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions\u200c of military service and reflect great\u2062 credit\u200c upon himself, his unit, and\u200c the United States Army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s\u200c decision to \u200caward the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor serves as a testament to the indomitable spirit and selflessness displayed by our brave servicemen \u200cand women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will present the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor, a Vietnam War helicopter pilot. Taylor&#8217;s exceptional bravery during a mission in Ap Go Cong, Vietnam, on June 18, 1968, earned him this prestigious military accolade. His heroic actions saved lives and exemplified remarkable courage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}