Oregon Air National Guard Chief Master Sergeant Dan Conner, Oregon National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader (left) pins The Bronze Star Medal (with Valor) to retired Army Specialist Gerald J. Kawecki (right) at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore. Specialist Kawecki was finally recognized decades later for his heroic actions and bravery under fire on November 22, 1968, in the Kien Hoa Province of Vietnam that saved the lives of four Americans during an encounter with enemy soldiers.

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