Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John Paul Vann" in Vietnamese language version.
Vann was credited with rescuing more than 50 wounded and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the only civilian to be so honored since World War II.
He had five children by his wife, Mary Jane, and though they were divorced at the time he was killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam, at the funeral she placed a rose on the coffin and told the man inside she loved him.
He had been trained to kill Germans and Japanese in the Second World War, although the war had ended before he could see combat.
He was buried at Arlington & honored by Pres. Nixon, with the posthumous award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He had been trained to kill Germans and Japanese in the Second World War, although the war had ended before he could see combat.
He was buried at Arlington & honored by Pres. Nixon, with the posthumous award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
