But a few months ago, I returned to stand at the place where, in the short time of a couple of hours, I had grown old. For me, as for many others, it was almost as if Vietnam wasn’t a real place and existed only as a faint memory. “I had been meaning to return for ages, but I never stumbled across the opportunity. (Jacobs was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. Most of us became casualties in the initial seconds of the engagement, and it took us the rest of the day to fight our way out. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving fourteen livesfor which he received the Medal of Honor. If Not Now, When: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need Jacobs (Ret ), Colonel Jack, Century, Douglas, Rudnicki, Stefan, Williams, Brian, Card, Emily Janice. One morning, we were caught in the open by more than 250 Viet Cong in prepared positions. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. “I was an adviser to a Vietnamese infantry battalion, fighting our way through the Tet offensive. Jack Jacobs returns to the site of a ferocious Mekong Delta battle. Army (Retired) recounts his journey back to Vietnam in a recent article and excellent video series on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Going back to a terrifying place where a young man grew old: Col. am only for myself, what am I And if not now, when He assumed control of the unit.

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