In 2022, Dwight Birdwell received the Medal of Honor - this nation’s highest military award for valor - for his actions as a U.S. Army soldier in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War nearly six decades ago.
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, Birdwell is one of only five Cherokee Medal of Honor recipients.
On Saturday, a new exhibit on Birdwell opens at the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center here in Chattanooga.
Scott Saunders and Maranda Wilkinson are with the Center.
