101 airborne combat patch
ALPHA ORIGINALS
501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
Vietnam 1967 - 1968
2nd brigade crest
Nam Fact: 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
General Barsanti presenting 3
soldiers the Silver Star.

Special Note: The soldier on
the left is Joe Hooper, of
D/2/501st, the most decorated
soldier of Vietnam, 37 medals.

On March 7, 1969, President
Nixon presented him with the
Congressional Medal Of Honor

The soldier in the middle is Dan
Evans. The soldier on the right
unknown.
Photo provided by Dan Evans