Post by peterd on Jul 28, 2013 10:10:25 GMT -8
Col. Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 88
MIAMI — Retired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.
Day, one of the nation’s most highly decorated servicemen since Gen. Douglas MacArthur and later a tireless advocate for veterans’ rights, died Saturday surrounded by family at his home in Shalimar, after a long illness, Doris Day said.
www.armytimes.com/article/20130728/NEWS/307280012/Col-Bud-Day-Medal-Honor-recipient-dies-88
________________________________________
R.I.P. Hero.
MIAMI — Retired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s cellmate, has died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.
Day, one of the nation’s most highly decorated servicemen since Gen. Douglas MacArthur and later a tireless advocate for veterans’ rights, died Saturday surrounded by family at his home in Shalimar, after a long illness, Doris Day said.
www.armytimes.com/article/20130728/NEWS/307280012/Col-Bud-Day-Medal-Honor-recipient-dies-88
________________________________________
R.I.P. Hero.
