states army. -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> master sergeant first class jose rodela. aster sergeant jose rodela served as a company commander b-36, company a, fifth special forces group, first special forces against an armed on september 1, 1969. hat afternoon, master sergeant rodela's battalion were under gun fire. ignoring the enemy fire, master sergeant rodela began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy overrunning the entire battalion exposing himself to enemy fire, he moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was wounded in the back and head while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodela assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket positions before returning to the battalion's perimeter. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> before jose re

states army. -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> master sergeant first class jose rodela. aster sergeant jose rodela served as a company commander b-36, company a, fifth special forces group, first special forces against an armed on september 1, 1969. hat afternoon, master sergeant rodela's battalion were under gun fire. ignoring the enemy fire, master sergeant rodela began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy overrunning the entire battalion exposing himself to enemy fire, he moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was wounded in the back and head while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodela assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket positions before returning to the battalion's perimeter. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> before jose re

that afternoon, sergeant nietzel fought tenaciously to retell a vicious enemy attack against his unitergeant nietzel employed accurate intense fire from his machine gun and successfully slowed the hostile advance. however, the overwhelming enemy force continued to press forward. realizing he desperately needed reinforcement, sergeant nietzel ordered the three remaining members of the squad to return to the company command post and secure aid. he immediately returned to the attention to cover the movement with fire. after expending all of his machine gun ammunition, sergeant nietzel began firing his rifle into the attacking ranks until he was killed by the explosion of an enemy grenade. sergeant nietzel's extraordinary heroism and selflessness of the cost of his own life above and beyond the call of duty or in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> doctor terry schwab accepting on behalf of his father, first lieutenant donald k. schwab. >> the president of the united states of ame

his fearless and efficient performance enabled both is unneeded and the unit to his right to continueo their objective. the next morning as his company resumed the attack private first class sustained a severe leg wound but did not stop to receive first-aid. his company suffered heavy casualties as a result of weather and machine-gun fire coming from an enemy strong point on the right flank. after requesting position to destroy the enemy machine-gun armed only with a browning automatic rifle private first class crawl alone toward the nearest machine gun. despite his painful wound in the extreme danger of the task he rose and fearlessly charged the nest killing the crew members. another machine and opened fire on them but he quickly neutralized this weapon with accurate fire from is browning killing three more of the enemy. his aggressive attack forced to other machine and crews to flee their weapons. after rejoining his company private first class continued his exemplary performance and chilly captured his objective. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call

specialist alvarado areflect great credit upon himself and his unit and the united states army. >> richard conday. accepting on behalf of his father sergeant first class felix m. conday falcone. he distinguished himself by act of gallantry and intrepidity. during combat operation against armed enemy republic of vietnam on april 4th, 1969. while entering a heavily wooded section on the route of advance, first class conday falcone and his company encountered a bunker complex later identified as a battalion command post. following air strike on the helpful secured enemy position, his platoon was selected to assault and clear the bunker fortificatio fortifications. sergeant first class falcone throwing grenades as went. the hostile fire increased he crawled to the blind side of the entrenchment position and jumped to the roof and tossed a grenade into the bunker. without hesitating he proceeded two additional bunkers both of which he destroyed in the same manner as the first. rejoining his platoon, sergeant first class conde-falcon 100 meters through the tree and undercoming hostile fire and s

and the united states -- his unit] >> ms. lori wenger accepting on behalf of her uncle, private fist class leonard m. kravitz. in the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class leonard m. kravitz, united states army, for conspicuous to gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class leonard m. kravitz distinguished himself by act of call the an try above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an assistant machine gunner with company m, fifth infanty regiment, 24th infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on march 6 and 7th, 1951. after friendly elements had repulsed two probing attacks, the enemy launched a bonsai charge with heavy supporting fire, and despite staggering losses, pressed the assault with ruthless determination. when the machine gunner was wounded in the initial phase of the action, private first class

that afternoon, sergeant nietzel fought to repel an enemy against his unit. the sergeant employed intense fire from his machine gun and successfully slowed the advance. the overwhelming enemy force continued to press forward. realizing he desperately needed reinforcement, the sergeant ordered the three remaining embers of his squad to return to the company command post. he turned his attention to covering them with fire. after expending all of his ammunition, the sergeant began firing his rifle into the attacking ranks until he was killed by the explosion of anatomy grenade. nietzel's selflessness ifethe cost of his own l reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the united states army. [applause] >> dr. terry schwab, excepting on behalf of his father, first lieutenant donald k. schwab. first lieutenant donald k. schwab distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty all serving as the commander of company e, 15th infantry regiment, third infantry division against an armed enemy near france on september 17, 1

rail, his unit repelling the ill paymented con fed rate assault called pickets charge, captures the rebel colors, his name was joseph decastro, he would become the first hispanic american awarded the medal of honor. in the next century and a half, latinos serves with distinction in every war, their service eventually recognized with more than 60 medals of honor. now, the president has added to the long march of heros recognizing service minute whose valor was overlooked or even down played due to prejudice back in wartime. these new recipients were from ethnic, racial, backgrounds whose equality was prompted by law, but not always affirmed in reality. >> after years of review, these two dozen soldiers among them, hispanic, african-american, and jewish veterans, were identified as having earned the medal of honor. >> out of the 24 decorated only three could attend because they are the only ones still alive. their service ending decades ago. >> some of these soldiers fought, and died, for a country that did not always see them as equal. >> this appreciation comes after a congressional order

eight units have fire damage displacing seven. >> a man had burns on his hands and faces and breathing buns which can be very serious. he was airlifted to a burn center. >> they did not find him right away. the property manager says he seed in silence for a while. >> the gentleman that lives in the unit where the fire began was hiding across the street and came out an hour or two after the fire occurred. >> he says he was homeless and a church had just found him the apartment to live in a couple of weeks ago. >> he was drinking. perhaps what occurred is something happened to the unit that causedded the fire to begin and perhaps he was burned trying to put out the fire but, probably got scared and ran. >> firefighters 13 the fire started in his unit. >> we know writ started. we have to interview the occupant to put everything together. we know writ started. it is accidental. >> everyone else got out. >> scary. i live by myself. >> you will of the people displace idea found a place to stay because of the red cross. firefighters say they are trying to figure out what started the fire. the

specialist alvarado areflect great credit upon himself and his unit and the united states army.

. >> reporter: in may 1969, erevia took out not one but four enemy bunkers that were raking his unitcame out of the spider hole, and he was just, like, as far as you are from me. and i took him out with the m- 16. >> reporter: his company commander immediately put erevia in for the medal of honor, but instead, he was awarded the nation's second highest medal, the distinguished service cross. >> i put it out of my mind for 44 years until president obama called me and he said, "we're going to give you the medal of honor." >> reporter: a review of army records found 24 soldiers who deserved to have their distinguished service cross upgrade to the medal of honor. jose rodela was a sergeant with the green berets in september 1969 when a vietcong machine gun opened up on his unit. >> they were laughing at us because they were firing a machine gun. >> reporter: the enemy was laughing at you. >> yes, sir, they were laughing at us, because they had us pinned down with a machine gun. >> reporter: when their machine gun jammed, they fired on rodela with their rifles. >> finally got up close to

there were concerns. >> back in his unit.emplates another m>> it makes you miss your family a lot. you don't have that much freedom in here. you have people tell you when you eat, go to the rest room, when to sleep. it is not right it is not nice. >> across the compound n segregation, marcus's future lies in the hands of a county prosecutor. >> for the most part, i think they are all good kids. you watch who is behind you. >> on the day he snapped. he was two week away from being released. we tried to find out why he would risk everything when freedom was so close. >> i blame it on the neighborhood i was raised in. i couldn't blame it on my family. >> somebody let you out of here. put you in a great neighborhood, and big house, gave you a job. do you think that would keep you on the straight and narrow. if it was all handed to you tomorrow, could you stay on the straight and narrow. >> it would be hard. i am used to doing the things i did. i don't think i could. it has been four weeks since veagas got the bad news he wasn't b

he's now the house man, or lead inmate worker, of his housing unit. >> everything's going pretty goodyou know, back in s-4. i'm happy. everything's -- thing's on track. >> the only compensation for a house man is more time out of his cell and extra food trays. >> trays up. >> battaglia's new cell mate works as a food server. they've created a business of sort, trading their extra meals for commissary and then they trade those items for favors or even more commissary. >> normally on the tray, i just take the main course and the snack. and i'll give away the other, you know, like they're hungry. they don't have -- they get one tray. i get three. you know, i'm feeding you and you're providing a service for me. you help me out. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat. i don't -- i won't do nothing for free. >> we have our hand in everything, food, laundry, toilet paper, anything that comes in the tier, we have -- >> anything extra. i feel -- i feel some type of way about toilet paper. i don't know why, but when i go through one roll, i need two back.

this is in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and credit upon himself, his unithe united states army. [ applause ] >> master sergeant first class jose rodella. master sergeant jose rodella distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a company commander detachment b 36 company "a" fire fighter is advice airborne during combat operations against an armed enemy in the republic of vietnam on september 1, 1969. that afternoon master sarjeant rodella's battalion came under an intense barrage of mortar, rocket and machine gunfire. ignoring the withering enemy fire he immediately began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy from overrunning the entire battalion. repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire, master sergeant rodella moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was himself wounded in the back and head by a b-40 rocket while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodella assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket position

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he was trying to put out the fire they think that started in his unit. they are not sure what started it but they believe it was accident a.m. not a crime. 11 people are now out of their home and the red cross is helping them find new places to stay. >>> new this morning, pope tran sis welcomed president obama to the vatican the first meeting between the two men. the president bowed when they took. he said he is a great admiraller and president obama considered francis a kindred spirit on economic and inequality although the administration and church are split on abortion and contraception. "good morning america" will have much more on this historic visit at 7:00. >>> trading is underway on wall street and we will look at the big board, the dow is down just six points. >> brookstone is filing for bankruptcy protection. they have a plan if place to be bought by another specialty retailer, new jersey-based expense are spirit holdings, saddled with disappointing. sales and increased competition from internet retailers. >> delicious new breakfast everyone ca

beautiful name. >> maldanado spent much of the past year in the same housing unit as one of his co-defendantst now that the trial date approaches, he's been moved. he is in a neighboring unit. >> the prosecutor's office here in the county asked us to move him away from his co-defendants. >> no disciplinary actions, no problems, no fights, nothing. the prosecutor took it upon herself to call the jail and say, i don't want him over there with them in s3. >> they felt that he was a ringleader, so they kept on requesting us to keep him away from everybody else. and that's when he became a little more problematic. >> i started throwing paper in the toilet, i'm talking about this whole floor was flooded. it was all out on the cat walk and everything. this officer looks past and he says, are you [ bleep ] serious? i'm dead serious. i wear orange, they wear blue. as long as i'm wearing this color, i have no say so in this jail. >> so you can do what you want? >> i can move you, yes. you're talking like we're equals. we're not. you do not run the institution. you do not dictate where you go. and how y

so we're going to go into his housing unit right now, have a little chat with him and hopefully straightenonceptions he has. going on in his head for god knows what reason. you know why i'm here? do you care? >> not really. >> i'm here to clarify stuff, all right? i'm coming to you man to man because i don't like misconceptions. i'm going to tell you the reason you're here and it's note because of you, it's because all your little boys from s-5, everybody seems like they want to gravitate towards you, all right? i'm not saying you're doing [ bleep ]. you're not doing nothing. there's a reason for it. >> i'm a very charismatic person. what can i say? >> if i don't have a rapport with an inmate, i don't get information. >> the other day you pissed me off. >> i was pissed too. >> i heard that. [ bleep ]. >> i mean, that's the main thing in a jail. as long as you show respect, you get respect back. >> we're clarified then. i would give you a hug but not. >> if you lie, they know. and if you're straightforward, they appreciate the honesty. >> the thing is, i was dead set on, i don't like him, i

he was saying he was perfectly fine. >> after his suicide attempt, he spent several months in the medical unitetakers have vivid recollections of his time there. >> you heard everything, everything. his phone calls, he would read your lips, that's the scarceiest. so we would have to talk with our backs to him. >> david goodell has sis very manipulative, that's his style. >> medical staff recommended that goodell be housed in the maximum security general population unit. but this time they suggested he be assigned a cellmate. >> mr. gonzalez has been david goodell's cellmate for quite sometime without incident. the fact that he's remained with him for this long, i don't want to say is a babysitter or an extra pair of eyes. but when he came out of the suicide watch. >> i know the boundaries of what he can take. he's like my child. i've got to constantly watch him. >> i guess they hired a babysitter. he wouldn't let me do something stupid to myself. >> just dump the water in there and scrub. >> as far as him harming himself, i talked him out of it. i told him it doesn't only affect you, but it af

problems and decided it was time to move on to an assisted living facility and offered to sell us his unit. we were all very aware of the fact that two other identical units on two other floors had already been merged in this fashion and one of those resulting three bedroom units has a family with a couple of kids and the mom tells me it's a great place for their family home. we, of course, are at a very different place in our life, but we think it would allow us to enjoy our retirement more. we'd be able to have friends and family members come and visit san francisco and stay with us and maybe even more importantly as we grow older, should we have illness situations, it would give us enough space to have a family member or caregiver perhaps live with us for awhile if that was needed. so, in conclusion i would just like to say we think that having this a bit bigger 3 bedroom unit would allow us to not only enjoy our retirement more, but hopefully stay in our home much longer. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any public comment? seeing none, commissioners, [speaker not understood

. >> reporter: in 1969 arabia took out not one but four enemy bunkers that were raking his unit withourth one came out of the fire hole and he was like as far as you are from me, and i took him out with the m-16. >> reporter: his company commander immediately put arabia in for the medal of honor, but instead he was honored the nation's second highest medal, the distinguished service cross. i put it out of my mind for 44 years until president obama called me and he said we're going to give you the medal of honor. >> reporter: a review of army records found 24 soldiers who deserved to have their distinguished service cross upgraded to the medal of honor. jose rodella was a sergeant with the green berets in september of 1969 when a viet kong unit opened one a machine gun. >> they were laughing at us. >> they were laughing at you. >> yes. they had us pinned with their machine gun. >> i finally got up close to them and got all three of them. >> you took out the machine gun. >> oh, yes, i did. >> ask him how he feels about receiving the medal of honor all these years later. >> joe hega and

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army corporal joe baldonado saved his unit many of his comrades came back home from the war.ied there. serving a country that would not be willing to honor him until 64 years after his death, on the battlefields of a foreign land. his brother accepted on his behalf i wish joe could have been there. i wish he could have been there to see what became of the country he died to protect. to have had a medal placed around his neck by a man who not would have been honored if they served today now serving as the nation's first african american president what matter sthaz we reach back into history with all that served with distinction but with discrimination. let me know what you think. >> thanks for joining us. that does it for this edition of abc7 news our verage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. we're keeping track of the fire in pittsburgh. see you at 9:00 and 11:00. - hey, jack. did you dye your hair? - no. no. - so how was your new year's? - wonderful. my dear friend, the deep-sea explorer bob ballard, brought over a 2,000-year-old amphora of wine from a sunken ph

army corporal joe baldonado saved his unit many of his comrades came back home from the war.ot joe. he died there. serving a country that would not be willing to honor him until 64 years after his death, on the battlefields of a foreign land. his brother accepted on his behalf i wish joe could have been there. i wish he could have been there to see what became of the country he died to protect. to have had a medal placed around his neck by a man who not would have been honored if they served today now serving as the nation's first african american president what matter sthaz we reach back into history with all that served with distinction but with discrimination. let me know what you think. >> thanks for joining us. that does it for this edition of abc7 news our coverage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. we're keeping track of the fire in pittsburgh. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants --elce a book publicist from astoria, new york... a tutor and musician from san francisco, california... and our returning champion, an aerospace engineer from

cruz says it was all a ploy to get back to his former housing unit in order to confront fellow bloodsgang member michael bates. but after serving 15 days in segregation, cruz was assigned to a different unit. bates, a recognized leader of the gang, says he is still baffled by cruz and his allegations. >> i never knew this dude. i don't have no problems with this guy. i never knew him. i don't know who he is. he's putting on a big act from back when he used to do. he got it in his mind that he's the person he was 15 years ago and it's not like that. you can't be. you got health, i got health issues too. i got high blood pressure and all that. right now he's gone so there ain't really too much i can say. he's not here to defend himself so i'll leave it at that. he knows when he sees me when we cross paths we got to be known. >> put me in that cage. >> the only person cruz might square off with today is his judge. he's now in a holding cell waiting for transportation to court. where he will be sentenced for drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. >> i'm staying close

units have fire damage. one man was seriously injured >> he had burns on his hands and face. and major concern was respiratory burns, which could be very serious. >> the property manager tells us the man was suffering for a while. >> the gentleman who lives in the unit was hiding across the street and had come out an hour or two after the fire. >> he says the man had been homeless and a church just found him this apartment to live in. he had been drinking and perhaps, what occurred is that something happened to the unit that caused the fire to begin. and perhaps he was burned trying to put the fire out. but probably got scared and ran. >> firefighters do think the fire started in his unit. >> you know where it started we're going to have to interview the occupant but we do know where it started we think it's accidental. >> everyone else got out okay. >> it's scary i live by myself. i'm thankful. >> all 11 have found a place to stay thanks to the red cross firefighters say they're still trying to figure out what started this fire. they haven't been able to talk to the victim ye

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custody, he picked up an attempted murder charge when he attacked one of the deputies assigned to his housing unit his criminal acts on a mental illness known as schizophrenoform. the jail's medical staff has helped stabilize his condition with medication. >> i was always the good son. i watched my brother go in and out of jail and prison and i was like, i'll never let that happen to me. i'm going to go to high school and go to the military. i never thought it would have happened, i'd never be here in lockdown. i wish that would never happen. i can't beat myself up on it. i got to keep going because that's all i got is myself. as long as i keep myself up, then i can be there for my mom. >> burden's mother struggles to understand how her son's life has unraveled. >> this used to be like "why you got in trouble?" she doesn't understand about schizophrenoform. >> burden and his mother correspond through letters. >> how important are these letters to you? >> real important. the relationship between me and my mom is getting better. "i got your letter january the 5th. i pray every day court takes it eas