Oklahoman Receives Medal of Honor for Heroism in Vietnam

by Elizabeth Pitts-Hibbard
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Spc. Dwight Birdwell earned two Silver Stars in the Vietnam War and on Tuesday was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts of heroism.


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