Four years ago, Dwight Birdwell received the Medal of Honor - this nation’s highest military award for valor - for his actions nearly six decades ago as a U.S. Army soldier during the Vietnam War.
Last year, the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center here in Chattanooga opened an exhibit on Birdwell - a citizen of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, and one of only five Cherkoee recipients of the Medal of Honor.
This year, during the first week of June, Dwight Birdwell - now in his late seventies - came to Chattanooga for the Spirit of Service Dinner at the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, as part of its celebration of America 250.
Before the dinner, I spoke with Dwight Birdwell at the Center.
