Lawrence Joel awarded Medal of Honor

A great story of a hero! I will be sure to listen to 8th of November by Big and Rich.

His action report is amazing, his MOH is so well deserved.

Thank you, Sister Charlie, for sharing this story of Spec 5 Lawrence Joel, a medic in the 173d Airborne Brigade. Army medics were trained at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas and they are still trained there today. Many graduates of that program have chosen to return to San Antonio when they completed their service to the Army, and are much in demand by the numerous medical facilities in the area. Their skills are without equal. I frequently encounter former Army medics at the local VA hospital (The Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital) as well as other prestigious medical facilities in the area. They are easily recognized because of their professional approach to medical care and their skill at administering injections, which in my experience are completely painless. I frequently ask “Pardon me, ma’am or sir, are you a former Army medic?” To which the most common answer is, “Yes, sir. I am.” I was patched up by Army medics after an on-post vehicle rollover at Ft Benning in 1966 and after being nicked in the head by a mortar fragment during the Tet Offensive near Hue’ in 1968. In both cases, an Army medic stitched up my injuries and slapped Band-Aids on them and saluted me with the words, OK, sir. You’re good to go.”