TIL that Bennie Adkins, a Green Beret in Vietnam, was awarded the Medal of Honor 48 years after being wounded 18 times during an 86 hour ordeal that included a run-in with a tiger and killing an estimated 135 - 175 enemy soldiers

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/bennie-g-adkins-csgt-maj-u-s-army-a-deadly-hero



Submitted March 27, 2015 at 12:11AM by Free4letterwords http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30egr2/til_that_bennie_adkins_a_green_beret_in_vietnam/