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<blockquote data-quote="ajblakejr" data-source="post: 657914" data-attributes="member: 18807"><p><strong><strong>Robert L. Howard</strong> (b. July 11 1939 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opelika,_Alabama" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Opelika, Alabama</span></u></a> - December 23, 2009) is a highly decorated officer of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">United States Army</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Medal of Honor</span></u></a> recipient of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Vietnam War</span></u></a>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>He entered the Army at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Montgomery, Alabama</span></u></a> and retired as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Colonel</span></u></a>.</p><p>As a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_Sergeant#United_States" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">staff sergeant</span></u></a> of the highly-classified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam_-_Studies_and_Observations_Group" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group</span></u></a> (MACV-SOG), Howard was recommended for the Medal of Honor on three separate occasions for three individual actions during thirteen months spanning 1967-1968. The first two nominations were downgraded to the award of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Distinguished Service Cross</span></u></a> due to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">covert</span></u></a> nature of the operations in which Howard participated. As a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_First_Class" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Sergeant First Class</span></u></a> of the same organization, he risked his life during a rescue mission in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Cambodia</span></u></a> on December 30, 1968, while second in command of a platoon-sized Hornet force that was searching for missing American soldier Robert Scherdin, and was finally awarded the Medal of Honor.</p><p><strong><em>It is believed by some historians that Howard is the most highly-decorated living American soldier in history.</em></strong> His residence was in Texas and he spent much of his free time working with veterans at the time of his death. He also took periodic trips to Iraq to visit active duty troops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajblakejr, post: 657914, member: 18807"] [B][B]Robert L. Howard[/B] (b. July 11 1939 in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opelika,_Alabama"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Opelika, Alabama[/COLOR][/U][/URL] - December 23, 2009) is a highly decorated officer of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]United States Army[/COLOR][/U][/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Medal of Honor[/COLOR][/U][/url] recipient of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Vietnam War[/COLOR][/U][/url].[/B] He entered the Army at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Montgomery, Alabama[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and retired as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Colonel[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. As a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_Sergeant#United_States"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]staff sergeant[/COLOR][/U][/URL] of the highly-classified [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam_-_Studies_and_Observations_Group"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group[/COLOR][/U][/URL] (MACV-SOG), Howard was recommended for the Medal of Honor on three separate occasions for three individual actions during thirteen months spanning 1967-1968. The first two nominations were downgraded to the award of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Distinguished Service Cross[/COLOR][/U][/URL] due to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]covert[/COLOR][/U][/url] nature of the operations in which Howard participated. As a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_First_Class"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Sergeant First Class[/COLOR][/U][/url] of the same organization, he risked his life during a rescue mission in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Cambodia[/COLOR][/U][/url] on December 30, 1968, while second in command of a platoon-sized Hornet force that was searching for missing American soldier Robert Scherdin, and was finally awarded the Medal of Honor. [B][I]It is believed by some historians that Howard is the most highly-decorated living American soldier in history.[/I][/B] His residence was in Texas and he spent much of his free time working with veterans at the time of his death. He also took periodic trips to Iraq to visit active duty troops. [/QUOTE]
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