Colonel Walter Joseph Marm
Sep 14, 2009 ·
36m 47s
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In this episode, Gene Pell speaks to retired U.S. Army Colonel Walter Joseph Marm, Jr, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the legendary Battle of Ia Drang, November 14,...
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In this episode, Gene Pell speaks to retired U.S. Army Colonel Walter Joseph Marm, Jr, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the legendary Battle of Ia Drang, November 14, 1965. Marm, then a second-lieutenant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), single-handedly attacked an enemy machine gun bunker during an attempt to save a platoon of soldiers surrounded by the enemy. His story has been told in the best-selling book, "We Were Soldiers Once...And Young."
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