My Medal of Honor recipient of choice is Captain Paul William Bucha. Paul Bucha served
in the United States Army and their rank was captain and served from 1965 - 1972. Bucha was
born on August 1st, 1943 in Washington, DC. Paul s father was in the United States Army being
a Lieutenant Colonel who served in the Philippines during World War I. Paul s father was
assigned to Washington DC where he was placed in charge of Italian prisoners of war. Later
Paul moved with his family to Germany where his father served as Eisenhower's chief of staff.
Then Paul s family moved to Fort Harrison, Indiana. Finally moving to Japan where Paul attended.
school. The school is a school. Paul was also in the boy scouts going all around the country because…show more content… But when Paul looked back he had
noticed that three of his men were dead. Paul came back to his men and handed them some.
hand grenades and told them to just throw them anywhere. Paul crawled through the hail of fire.
and destroyed an armored bunker with hand grenades. Later when Paul returned from war in
April of 1970. When Paul returned to New York he went back to West Point to teach as a
Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics. Paul then received his Medal of Honor in May.
14th, 1970 and it was given to him by President Nixon. He also received other awards.
were the Medal of Honor, two Bronze Star Medals with “V” device, Air Medal, two Army.
Commendation Medals, and a Purple Heart. Two years later Paul retired from the United States.
Army in 1972. Some extra information about him is that he worked as a chief of operations in Iran.
For Ross Perot’s company, Paul unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for the United States House.
of Representatives, Paul is a member of the Rhode Island Commandery of the Military Order of.
Foreign Wars, he was a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Paul is active in political affairs and campaigned for Barack Obama during the 2008
