Larry S. Pierce
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Larry Stanley Pierce was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Larry Stanley Pierce, Medal of Honor recipient
503rd Infantry Regiment
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The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment served as
Larry S. Pierce
…California in 1961, and by September 20, 1965, was serving as a sergeant in the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On that day, near Bến Cát in the central highlands of South Vietnam, Pierce smothered the blast of an anti-personnel mine with…
Dwarfed by and silhouetted against clouds of smoke (created to provide concealment), C-47s from the USAAF drop a battalion of the 503rd at Nadzab, New Guinea. A battalion dropped moments earlier is landing in the foreground.
Paratroopers of the 503rd PRCT descend on Corregidor, 16 February 1945.
Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960
Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960