A Courageous Chaplain

42 years ago on 6 December, 1967, Captain Liteky – the chaplain for the 199th Infantry Brigade – accompanied a company on a search and destroy mission in Phuoc-Lac, Vietnam. When the company was attacked by a battalion-sized enemy force, Chaplain Liteky moved multiple times through heavy enemy fire to deliver last rights to dying soldiers and to aid wounded soldiers. Despite incoming small arms and rocket fire, Liteky stood up multiple times in order to direct the incoming helicopters to the landing zone.

Through the course of the battle, the chaplain carried 20 wounded soldiers to the landing zone for evacuation.

You can read Chaplain Liteky’s citation here.