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Widow Accepts Medal of Honor Secretly From Vietnam Brave Hero
Mary Jo Sargent widow of Lt. Ruppert L. Sargent of Virginia refused years of publicity for her husband's Medal of Honor. She allowed a secret ceremony after opposed on religious grounds as Jehovah's Witnesses. The 1967 hero died saving comrades by leaping on two grenades in Hau Nghia province.
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Washington
Vietnam
Mary Jo Sargent
Hampton
Army
Ruppert Leon Sargent
Pentagon
Sargent
Halsey McGovern
Korea
Harry S. Truman
Janet Sargent
Johnson
Nixon
South Vietnam
Haui Nghia