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Corporal Bennett's platoon was moving to assist another platoon which had run into a North Vietnamese ambush when it was heavily engaged by intense fire from a fortified and numerically superior enemy unit. Three of the point men of the platoon fell wounded. Corporal Bennett ran through heavy fire to his fallen comrades, administered first aid and then carried the wounded men to positions of relative safety. He repeatedly braved intense enemy fire, moving across open areas to give aid and comfort to his comrades, and to retrieve the bodies of several fallen personnel. Throughout the night and following day he moved from position to position, treating and comforting personnel who had suffered shrapnel and gunshot wounds. On February 11, his company moved in an assault on the fortified enemy positions and was heavily engaged by the numerically superior enemy force. Five members of the company fell wounded in the initial assault. Corporal Bennett ran to their aid and treated one wounded comrade and began running toward another seriously wounded man located forward of the company position. Though warned that it was impossible to reach the man, he leaped forward to save his comrade's life and was mortally wounded. |
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Deeply religious, Thomas Bennett became the first conscientious objector since Desmond Doss in World War II to be awarded the Medal of Honor. |
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