Veterans honored at Missouri State Fair ... - Governor Jay Nixon
August 15, 2011
Veterans honored at Missouri State Fair Military Appreciation DaySEDALIA, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri National Guard's Maj. General Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general, honored Veterans during a ceremony at the Missouri State Fair on Sunday.
"We pay special honor to those Veterans that served during the Vietnam War," Nixon said. "When their country called, these young Missourians stepped forward to serve just as other generations of Missourians have done before and since in all other wars our country has fought.
"Whether they volunteered or they were drafted, they left their families, their homes, their jobs and their schools to serve in a place that many Americans quite frankly had never heard of 50 years ago," Nixon said. "And throughout the period that encompassed the Vietnam era, our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines time and again demonstrated the same sense of sacrifice demonstrated by those who wear the uniform today. For more than 1,400 Missourians, Vietnam was where they made the supreme sacrifice."
Two Missouri Vietnam Veterans were specially recognized and given the Governor's Achievement Award for their service to country with distinction while in uniform and have led lives outside the military by giving back to their community as well.
Gregory W. Davis, of Cole Camp, joined the United States Marine Corps in 1968 specializing in infantry. He volunteered for duty in the Republic of Vietnam. There, he served with a special unit that worked with the Southern Vietnamese Army and searched for land mines set by the Northern Vietnamese.
During a voluntary patrol June 28, 1970, Davis was hit by a command-detonated mine. He lost both of his legs and his right eye. It took two months to regain sight in his left eye, which was badly burned. He spent nearly a year in the naval hospital recovering, and several years after that adjusting to life with his disabilities. He retired in 1971 and had received the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Medal, National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one star, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Civil Actions Citation Medal, the Bronze Star and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
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