MajGen. Wood B. Kyle awards the Navy Cross to Bryant C. Collins
Item
- derivative filename/jpeg
- 363-02621.jpg
- Digital Object Identifier
- 363-02621
- Title
- MajGen. Wood B. Kyle awards the Navy Cross to Bryant C. Collins
- Description
- Original caption: "Leadership in Action - Cpl. Bryant C. Collins (right) (Hartford, Conn.) talks to MajGen. Wood B. Kyle, 3rd Marine Division commanding general, after he was awarded the Navy Cross during Memorial Day ceremonies at Phu Bai. Collins received the United States' second highest combat award for personally killing 11 Viet Cong during a four-hour battle and taking command of hs reconnaissance patrol and leading them safely from deep in enemy territory after his company commander was killed." A US military officer pins a medal to the chest of a soldier. A military camp is in the background.
- Date
- 1967
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Military decorations; Sailors
- Location
- South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 10.8231; 106.6297
- Size
- 20 x 25 cm
- Container
- B146, F4
- Format
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Collection Number
- MS 363
- Collection Title
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- United States. Navy
- Collector
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Copyright Information
- These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections
- extracted text
- Item sets
- Keever
- Site pages
- 1967 Photos
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