On this day in 1966, Milton Olive III became the first Black soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 21, 2023 APRIL 21, 1966 Portrait of Private First Class Milton Lee Olive III of the 2nd Battalion , 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Phu Cuong, South Vietnam, October 22, 1965. He became the first African-American Medal of Honor winner of the Vietnam War for 'conspicuous gallantry' in sacrificing his life to save others by smothering an enemy grenade with his own body.
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