Desmith says he pleaded to his superiors to not give him the medal of Valor and simply said give it to someone else.

You’ll never back it there and back alive.’ Jean said that’s my job.”īeagle did not want to receive medals for his actions. ” Our commanding officer said ‘No, Jean, you’ll stay right here. “Beagle said, I got to go out and get her, she’ll never survive out there,” said Desmith. He would die on April 10, 1967.ĭesmith also remembers the time when Howard rushed out to help an 8-year-old girl who was wounded.

As he stood up to secure a corner of the shelter, Howard was shot in the neck twice. As the men began to feel the effects of their strenuous exertions in the afternoon heat, Beagle assembled them and began to build a shelter out of a poncho to protect them from the sun. He pulled the soldier to a partially-protected position behind a rice paddy dike but was forced to shield the man’s body with his own while he treated him.Īs medical evacuation helicopters arrived, Beagle again crossed the fields of fire to ensure that the wounded men were safely evacuated. Soon, another call for medical help was made and SPC4 Beagle ran 75 meters across the field to the new casualty. One soldier was wounded and Beagle raced to reach him to treat his wounds.

Total war old friend