Biden Honours Vietnam Pilot Who Disregarded Direct Order
US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation's highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order, at the White House. Retired Army Capt Larry Taylor, now 81, flew his Cobra helicopter into a firefight to rescue four US troops from near certain death in 1968. He had been ordered to return to base, but refused when he learned there was no other rescue helicopter […]
