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Vietnam Hero: LBJ Presents Medal Of Honor

Vietnam Hero: LBJ Presents Medal Of Honor
Clip: 426253_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1748
Original Film: 039-034-01
HD: N/A
Location: Washington DC - Vietnam
Timecode: 00:06:51 - 00:08:27

Our nation's highest award for heroism is awarded, posthumously, to Private First-Class Milton Lee Olive of Chicago, in ceremonies in the Rose Garden at the White House. In attendance are President Johnson, the dead soldier's parents, members of his family and two of the four soldiers whose lives he saved when he flung himself on a Vietcong grenade. A extreme close up of the box that houses the Medal Of Honor. The box is open and there it is, our nations highest honor. Pvt. First Class, Milton Lee Olive of Chicago, IL. US Army men walking through the jungle's of Vietnam. Summer exterior of the White House. President Johnson greeting the family of Pvt. Milton Olive. also in the group are two of the soldiers the lives Milton saved. Mr. & Mrs. Olive. President Johnson standing at the podium set in the Rose Garden of the White House. Mrs. Olive, Mr. Olive and President Johnson, standing directly behind Mrs. Olive is Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago. High Angle Shot - A nice turn out of people came out to share this bitter sweet moment with Mr. & Mrs. Olive. MS - President Johnson presenting the Medal Of Honor to Mr. Olive.