| 词条 | Clarence Sasser |
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|name=Clarence Eugene Sasser |birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|9|12}} |death_date= |birth_place= Chenango, Texas, U.S. |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Clarence Eugene Sasser.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{Flagu|United States|1960}} |branch{{Army|United States}} |serviceyears=1967–1968 |rank= Specialist five |unit=60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division |battles=Vietnam War |awards= Medal of Honor Purple Heart Combat Medical Badge Expert Marksmanship Badge }} Clarence Eugene Sasser (born September 12, 1947) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. BiographyBorn in Chenango, Texas, he briefly attended the University of Houston as a chemistry major but was forced to drop out due to lack of funds. Sasser served as a combat medic in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He received the medal from President Richard Nixon in 1969 for his actions on January 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam. A member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, he was a private first class attached to the 3rd Battalion's Company A when he earned the medal and eventually was promoted to specialist five. Drafted into the Army after giving up his college deferment at the University of Houston,[1] Sasser's Vietnam War tour lasted just 51 days. When his military commitment was finished, he enrolled at Texas A&M University as a chemistry student. He then worked at an oil refinery for more than five years before being employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.[2][3] A statue depicting Sasser in the war was created in 2010 and will be placed in front of the Brazoria County Courthouse.[4] Medal of HonorSasser's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp5c. Sasser distinguished himself while assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53rd Battalion. He was serving as a medical aidman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, on a reconnaissance in force operation. His company was making an assault when suddenly it was taken under heavy small arms, recoil less rifle, machine gun and rocket fire from well fortified enemy positions on 3 sides of the landing zone. During the first few minutes, over 30 casualties were sustained. Without hesitation, Sp5c. Sasser ran across an open rice paddy through a hail of fire to assist the wounded. After helping 1 man to safety, was painfully wounded in the left shoulder by fragments of an exploding mortar. Refusing medical attention, he ran through a barrage of rocket and automatic weapons fire to aid casualties of the initial attack and, after giving them urgently needed treatment, continued to search for other wounded. Despite 2 additional wounds immobilizing his legs, he dragged himself through the mud toward another soldier 100 meters away. Although in agonizing pain and faint from loss of blood, Sp5c. Sasser reached the man, treated him, and proceeded on to encourage another group of soldiers to crawl 200 meters to relative safety. There he attended their wounds for 5 hours until they were evacuated. Sp5c. Sasser's extraordinary heroism is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army}}
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/moh/bios/sasserInt.html|title=Oral History Interview with SP5 Clarence E. Sasser|publisher=Army Medical Department Regiment |accessdate=2013-08-12}} [4]2. ^{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SASSER/1998-01/0883670096|title=SPECIALIST 5th CLASS CLARENCE EUGENE SASSER |work=Rootsweb|accessdate=2013-05-23}} 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7STBPQkiuwC&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&dq=%22Clarence+Sasser%22+texas+A%26M&source=bl&ots=sj21Cw4MDM&sig=IOHSH8QVAQLYd_5lMbJLWP4cAIc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OcGkUeaRM4fg8ATapYDQBA&ved=0CGMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Clarence%20Sasser%22%20texas%20A%26M&f=false|title=Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words|author=Smith, Larry Earl|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|accessdate=2013-05-28}} 4. ^1 {{Cite news |last=Zavalla |first=Judy |title=Medal of Honor Recipient |newspaper=Alvin Sun-Advertiser |location=Alvin, Texas |date=November 17, 2010 |url=http://www.alvinsun.net/articles/2010/11/17/news/doc4ce41a459bf9d239799181.txt |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5uLj5KO0E?url=http://www.alvinsun.net/articles/2010/11/17/news/doc4ce41a459bf9d239799181.txt |archivedate=November 19, 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy }} }}
|accessdate=December 7, 2007 |url = https://www.pbs.org/weta/americanvalor/stories/sasser.html |title = Clarence Sasser, Medal of Honor recipient |work = Stories of Valor |publisher =Public Broadcasting System |date =}}
|accessdate= December 7, 2007 |url= http://www.aavw.org/served/cmoh_sasser_abstract05.html |title= Congressional Medal of Honor: |work= Clarence Eugene Sasser |publisher= African American Involvement in the Vietnam War |date=}} External links
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