Chesty John...What a warrior...Congratulations

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2. Courageous, quiet Marine from Oxnard on the cusp of gaining Medal of Honor

The company captain lay sprawled on the ground with wounds that threatened his life.

More than 120 Marines, most of them teenagers, were pinned in a muddy ditch by machine gun fire coming from two directions outside of Hue, Vietnam.

Gunnery Sgt. John Canley, a quiet, tall Marine lifer from Arkansas, took command of the company because the captain was down.

It was his job to keep his men alive and lead them into Hue.

If you want to know what happened, don't ask Canley, the 80-year-old Oxnard resident who stands on the cusp of being honored with the military's highest award — the Medal of Honor. U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis approved the award in December, triggering a bill that passed the House and Senate waiving the normal five-year time limit.

President Donald Trump signed the bill Monday and needs to provide a final approval for the medal to complete a drive that began in 2005. It's unclear when a presentation ceremony would be held.



https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2018/01/29/courageous-quiet-marine-oxnard-cusp-gaining-medal-honor/1049683001/