SSG. Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center.

Drew Dix is the first enlisted Green Beret to have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Drew Dix, U.S. Army . Drew Dix. Chau Doc Province, Republic of Vietnam . The action earned Dix the Medal of Honor. Fifty years ago today, Drew Dix, a Green Beret from the 5th SFG risked his life, time and again with an indigenous force to rescue Vietnamese and American civilians during the Tet Offensive. Staff Sgt. Being informed of other trapped civilians within the city, SSG. Medal of Honor . Drew Dix, the first U.S. Army Special Forces noncommissioned officer to receive the Medal of Honor, was sent to South Vietnam as an adviser to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Determined to rescue the civilians and restore Chau Doc Province, Dix took matters into his own hands. Reacting quickly, he successfully rescued a nurse who was trapped in a house in the center of Chau Phu city. Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center. Being informed of other trapped civilians within the city, SSG. Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue eight civilian employees located in a building which was under heavy mortar and small-arms fire. He saved a US nurse, eight USAID volunteers, two Filipino workers, a young Vietnamese girl and the wife and children of the Province Chief. Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue eight civilian employees located in … Being informed of other trapped civilians within the city, SSG. SSG. Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center. Vietnam hero, nurse reunite.

Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue eight civilian employees located in a building which was under heavy mortar and small-arms fire. He received a direct commission to first Lieutenant and retired as a major after twenty years in the Army. Over the course of the next two days, Dix organized and led a twenty person team, ultimately saving the lives of fourteen civilians from buildings that were under heavy attack. Drew Dix, an Army Special Forces staff sergeant, was in the country with a job to do: vanquish the communists. Jan. 31, 1968 to Feb. 1, 1968. By D'Arcy Fallon Special to The Denver Post September 22, 2000 - PUEBLO - In 1968, Maggie O'Brien was a pixieish, 24-year-old volunteer nurse fresh from a Peace Corps assignment in Afghanistan when she was assigned to a supposedly pacifist province in Vietnam.