Vietnam vet is awarded Silver Star after 43 years

LOS ANGELES TIMES (via FOX Nation), 10/4/2009 - It took 43 years, but Marine Pfc. Daniel Hernandez finally got his medal. ∴ And when he did Saturday morning in Boyle Heights, the Vietnam veteran stood up straight and proudly puffed out his chest, his eyes glistening with emotion. ∴ "His immediate and fearless actions, while himself painfully wounded, undoubtedly saved many lives," said Marine Lt. Jim Lupori, reading from the Silver Star medal citation that, because of lost paperwork, was never awarded to Hernandez by the secretary of the Navy after he left Vietnam in the late 1960s. Read more at latimes.com...