Arkansas VIII

Nick Bacon was the son of share croppers in Arkansas and determined to rise above this life. He lived in several places over the course of his life and served his community and country in every one of them. He is noted as saying that his time in uniform was the proudest in his life.

Perhaps his proudest moment in uniform was when being awarded the Medal of Honor by President Nixon for his service in Vietnam. 

His likeness is preserved at a MoH memorial in Little Rock, across the green from the Vietnam memorial featured here. 

"The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed forces' highest Military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the president of the United States, but as it is presented "in the name of the United States Congress" it is sometimes referred to as the "Congressional Medal of Honor". The Secretary of the Army, on behalf of DoD, has testified to Congress that the term "Congressional Medal of Honor" is "incorrect", and that "it seems inappropriate to modify the name of the medal with the word 'Congressional' as each award is made in the name of the Congress."

The above is taken directly from Wikipedia, read the whole article here: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

Next time, on the 3rd, we will return to California, meet me there, as always, at 9:00am.

To see additional memorials from Arkansas,  or any other state,  please click on the state name on the left side of this page. 

I will ask, as I do at the end of nearly every post now, for anyone who has pictures of Vietnam memorials not seen here to please send them to me. I will give you full photo credit for the pic and any information about it you may know. Check your state, or anywhere you may have visited, from the list at the left, or any place else. Please send them to the email at the left or directly to me at Ldddad@comcast.net. Thanks.