HEROES:MOH Recipient Patrick H Brady Traditional Cache
HEROES:MOH Recipient Patrick H Brady
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While caching this summer across the U.S. we discovered a
“Power Cache” series in Nevada. There were 120 caches
placed along a dirt road and they were close enough for us to log
100 caches in one day! It was a real thrill to log so many caches
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We thought it would be nice to put these caches out for Veterans
Day, so we chose 100 of the 246 Medal of Honor Recipients from the
Vietnam War, and each one of the caches will honor one of these
American Heroes. Of the 246 MOH Recipients from the Vietnam War 63%
were awarded posthumously. ( ** Represents MOH Awarded
Posthumously) Please take the time to read the citation for each
and remember them this Veterans Day.
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Patrick Henry Brady
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army, Medical Service Corps,
54th Medical Detachment, 67th Medical Group, 44th Medical Brigade.
Place and date: Near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam, 6 January 1968.
Entered service at: Seattle, Wash. Born: 1 October 1936, Philip, S.
Dak. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action
at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Maj.
Brady distinguished himself while serving in the Republic of
Vietnam commanding a UH-1H ambulance helicopter, volunteered to
rescue wounded men from a site in enemy held territory which was
reported to be heavily defended and to be blanketed by fog. To
reach the site he descended through heavy fog and smoke and hovered
slowly along a valley trail, turning his ship sideward to blow away
the fog with the backwash from his rotor blades. Despite the
unchallenged, close-range enemy fire, he found the dangerously
small site, where he successfully landed and evacuated 2 badly
wounded South Vietnamese soldiers. He was then called to another
area completely covered by dense fog where American casualties lay
only 50 meters from the enemy. Two aircraft had previously been
shot down and others had made unsuccessful attempts to reach this
site earlier in the day. With unmatched skill and extraordinary
courage, Maj. Brady made 4 flights to this embattled landing zone
and successfully rescued all the wounded. On his third mission of
the day Maj. Brady once again landed at a site surrounded by the
enemy. The friendly ground force, pinned down by enemy fire, had
been unable to reach and secure the landing zone. Although his
aircraft had been badly damaged and his controls partially shot
away during his initial entry into this area, he returned minutes
later and rescued the remaining injured. Shortly thereafter,
obtaining a replacement aircraft, Maj. Brady was requested to land
in an enemy minefield where a platoon of American soldiers was
trapped. A mine detonated near his helicopter, wounding 2
crewmembers and damaging his ship. In spite of this, he managed to
fly 6 severely injured patients to medical aid. Throughout that day
Maj. Brady utilized 3 helicopters to evacuate a total of 51
seriously wounded men, many of whom would have perished without
prompt medical treatment. Maj. Brady's bravery was in the highest
traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon
himself and the U.S. Army.
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