DOD: Medal of Honor Monday - Navy Cmdr. Clyde Everett Lassen
June 20, 2022
June 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature:
By Katie Lange
Not many helicopter pilots could pull off a mission to fly into enemy territory in complete darkness and rescue their stranded comrades. During the Vietnam War, however, Navy Cmdr. Clyde Everett Lassen did just that. It took him several attempts to make the pickup, and he barely made it back to tell the tale. But the valor he showed that day earned him the Medal of Honor.< . . .
By Katie Lange
Not many helicopter pilots could pull off a mission to fly into enemy territory in complete darkness and rescue their stranded comrades. During the Vietnam War, however, Navy Cmdr. Clyde Everett Lassen did just that. It took him several attempts to make the pickup, and he barely made it back to tell the tale. But the valor he showed that day earned him the Medal of Honor.< . . .