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The Amazing Story of How Humbert Rocky Versace Earned a Medal of Honor as a POW (2019x45)
Fecha de emisión: Feb 16, 2019
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In this video:
Described as “the bravest man you’ve never heard of”, Captain Humbert Roque Versace’s story is one that is not as well known as it should be. So allow us to remedy that by discussing how he spent two years basically being a huge pain in the ass for his captors in a Vietnamese POW camp- so much so that he managed to become the first person in the U.S. Army to earn a Medal of Honor for his conduct as a prisoner of war.
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Sources:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rRVSAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT158&dq=Humbert+Roque+Versace&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhzLTQtYfYAhXrCMAKHYPoB6kQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=Humbert%20Roque%20Versace&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tere_R%C3%ADos
http://the-american-catholic.com/2014/03/31/the-bravest-man-you-have-never-heard-of/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/vietnam-war/put-up-such-a-fight-in-captivity-viet-cong-executed-him-out-of-frustration-he-was-last-heard-singing-god-bless-america-he-was-later-awarded-the-medal-ofhonor.html
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hrversace.htm
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/a-spirit-filled-life-cut-short-capt-humbert-roque-versace-u-s-army-medal-of-honor-korea-vietnam-1937-1965/
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