john cavaiani was born in
england, came to the u.s. when
he was 4 years old.
he joined the army during the
vietnam war, he was a special
forces staff sergeant when his
platoon was overrun by heavy
fire.
most were evacuated, he
volunteered to stay behind in
the end.
badly wounded and complete
disregard for his own personal
safety, delivering supres ing
fire so that all of his men
could be airlifted out.
he was a p.o.w. for two years
until the end of the year.
john cavaiani was 70 years old.
his death leaves us with 79
living recipients of the medal
of honor.
>>> dutch van kirk has died.
the last surviving member of the
air crew that dropped the atomic
bomb on hiroshima.
he was the navigator of the b-29
bomber enola gay.
he set the course that led to
the release of the bomb august
6th of '45.
in later years he believed
nuclear weapons should be
abolished.
theodore "dutch" van kirk was
93.
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