DOD: Medal of Honor Monday - Navy Hospital Corpsman Donald Ballard
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature:
By Katie Lange
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Donald Everett Ballard was trained to keep the Marines he was tasked with protecting alive during the Vietnam War -- even at the expense of his own life. Thanks to a lucky explosives malfunction, though, Ballard survived his mission. But his actions showed the lengths he was willing to go to perform his duties, and that earned him the Medal . . .
By Katie Lange
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Donald Everett Ballard was trained to keep the Marines he was tasked with protecting alive during the Vietnam War -- even at the expense of his own life. Thanks to a lucky explosives malfunction, though, Ballard survived his mission. But his actions showed the lengths he was willing to go to perform his duties, and that earned him the Medal . . .