 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Today, a daily feature from around the globe. On May 10th, 1970, Specialist 4 Leslie Sable made the ultimate sacrifice, defending his platoon and saving the lives of fellow soldiers. They're essentially, we're on a search and destroy mission. They'd seen a lot of enemy activity and an ambush must have been set up for them They walked into it, got cut off and they had to duke it out. Despite suffering mortal wounds, Sable continued to take the fight to the enemy, preventing them from overrunning the perimeter, ultimately sparing his platoon. The story of this incredible feat could have easily been lost to history. I was just basically doing research, I was looking for some material and this box was just presented to me and I had to hold mine yards and I said, well, I'll look into it. I discovered paperwork nominating Sable for the Medal of Honor, but the nomination was never turned in. I knew that there was going to have to be a review, I researched the United States Code that was necessary and put that in my letter to my congressperson. The U.S. was involved in Vietnam for 13 years and coincidentally, that's the same time MAB waited until it was announced Leslie Sable would receive the Medal of Honor. I think that if someone went that extra mile, they should be recognized either this way or at a lesser degree, all right, and I guess I'm proud that one of his fellow veterans made sure that he was working and that we all should be proud of our service. The system does work. We can and will do as Americans.