{"id":57467,"date":"2015-01-04T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57467"},"modified":"2015-01-04T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T18:08:37","slug":"william-albracht-abandoned-in-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57467","title":{"rendered":"William Albracht; Abandoned in Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bill<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I know I’ve been AWOL a little this weekend, but some friends of Bill Albracht<\/a> sent me a mountain of documentation for his book “Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate<\/a>” that is due out next month. I had the privilege of listening to the radio traffic between Captain Albracht, the new commander of Firebase Kate, as he guided Spooky gunships over the firebase on October 31st, 1969 and as the 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnards made their way to safety from the overrun base on November 2d after the 5-day seige. I wish that there was someway that I could share it with you. I’ll work on that.<\/p>\n

\"Albracht<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Albracht<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I also read the supporting statements from eye witnesses for Albracht’s Medal of Honor nomination, and it’s clear to me that the people who had served only briefly under Captain Albracht’s command were in awe of his battlefield skills as he juggled combat aircraft over his battle space, the ground combat as well as the resupply and, finally, the successful 7 mile evacuation from the firebase to relative safety. As the Montagnards threatened to abandon the Americans and as the generals prepared to throw the base and it’s occupants away, Captain Albracht held it all together with nothing but the force of his will and war-fighting skills.<\/p>\n

Albracht earned three Silver Star Medals in the space of a few months, the last one caught up with him in 2012. His Congresswoman has asked the Army to consider him for the Medal of Honor and here is the four-page narrative;<\/p>\n

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And the suggested citation;<\/p>\n

\"Albracht<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Like I said, the book is due on February 3rd, you might want to consider pre-ordering it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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