Out of the 180 Marines that were in his command, during the daylong fight to keep open a re-supply route along the Cua Viet River, only 25 Marines walked away without being injured or killed. He also talked about qualities of leadership.ĭuring his second tour-of-duty in 1968, then Captain Livingston and 180 of his Marines, came under attack from a large group of North Vietnamese in Dai Do, Vietnam in the early hours of the day. James Livingston met with members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 3 and spoke about the events leading up to his receiving the Medal of Honor in 1970 from President Richard Nixon. A Vietnam era Medal of Honor recipient talked with a group of Charleston AFB Airmen here Dec.
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