Colonel Roger Hugh Charles Donlon was the first American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Vietnam — and the first Green Beret ever awarded the nation’s highest military honor.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Right after 9/11 Army Green Beret William Howell, Jr. found himself overseas and ready to fight. “On October 19, 2001, 38 days after the towers fell, 6 Green Beret teams and ...