Medal of Honor.....
Though friends have known for some months, our good pal and frequent visitor to the estate, Bruce Crandall will receive the Medal of Honor this month for heroic actions in Vietnam over 40 years ago. The official announcement has just been made by the President's office. As regular readers know Bruce's story was portrayed in the Mel Gibson film, We Were Soldiers. Bruce was played by Greg Kinnear in the film. The award and recognition is long overdue, but appreciated by Bruce and his wife Arlene. It's been in process a long time, too long.
It's been an honor in the last week to help get ready for the ceremony; working with the PI office of the Secretary of the Army I've provided photos of mine and of Joe Galloway for use on the website and at the event. After some years in the Army as a lowly peon officer it's been a little disconcerting getting telephone calls from the office of the Secretary of the Army.....from Colonels addressing me as Sir. Here's the initial copy of the "official website".
It's a great honor to be able to call Bruce a good friend, the next time he's in town we'll have a big shindig and as you can imagine, I'll have pictures galore when I get back from the ceremony!
Though friends have known for some months, our good pal and frequent visitor to the estate, Bruce Crandall will receive the Medal of Honor this month for heroic actions in Vietnam over 40 years ago. The official announcement has just been made by the President's office. As regular readers know Bruce's story was portrayed in the Mel Gibson film, We Were Soldiers. Bruce was played by Greg Kinnear in the film. The award and recognition is long overdue, but appreciated by Bruce and his wife Arlene. It's been in process a long time, too long.
It's been an honor in the last week to help get ready for the ceremony; working with the PI office of the Secretary of the Army I've provided photos of mine and of Joe Galloway for use on the website and at the event. After some years in the Army as a lowly peon officer it's been a little disconcerting getting telephone calls from the office of the Secretary of the Army.....from Colonels addressing me as Sir. Here's the initial copy of the "official website".
It's a great honor to be able to call Bruce a good friend, the next time he's in town we'll have a big shindig and as you can imagine, I'll have pictures galore when I get back from the ceremony!
