David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill.

This is part one of a two part conversation with David Kinzler. Part two is coming soon.

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Host Josh Roe just returned from a trip to Da Nang, Vietnam where he witnessed several incredible events. One of those events was a meeting that included veterans in Vietnam who fought against U.S. forces in the 1960s & 70s and a delegation of Americans that included veterans from the war in Vietnam, U.S. Veterans who served after the war, current service members, and family members of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Rodney Davis.

Josh takes us inside that meeting.

This conversation took place in Da Nang on Thursday September 5, 2024.

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Last spring I met John Hollis over zoom.

John Hollis has spent most of his professionally life telling stories about other people working as a journalist in many places, and a few years ago he wrote a book about Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis. Davis was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

In our last episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee, I announced the show was going on a trip to Vietnam. Rodney Davis' story is a major reason we are going on this trip. Look for much more on our trip very soon.

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Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is going to Vietnam.

We've been invited on a journey to visit locations of major battles and significant combat actions in the Vietnam War.

Some of the stories we will tell include the stories of Medal of Honor recipients Rodney Maxwell Davis and Father Vincent Capodanno.

We will visit Hue City, the site of a major battle in early 1968. To understand the battle a little better, I talked to a Marine Corps Veteran who fought every day of that battle. In this episode, a conversation with Larry Lewis from East Ridge, Tennessee.

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Several weeks ago NewsChannel 9's Josh Roe met Vietnam Air Force Veteran Mike Fish.

He is a pararescue veteran and was awarded the Air Force Cross for an action in 1969. That is the second highest honor for member of the Air Force.

Josh Roe talks to Mike Fish about his military career and dealing with survivor's guilt late in life years after the war.

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Two Civil War soldiers were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House on July 3rd.

George Wilson and Philip Shadrach were two members of the legendary Andrews Raiders. Members of the Raiders were the first soldiers in U.S. history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. From 1863 to 1883, nineteen members of the Andrews' Raiders were awarded the Medal of Honor, but for 162 years Wilson and Shadrach never received recognition for their part in the Great Locomotive Chase. On July 3, 2024, the historical record was officially corrected.

In this episode a conversation with a descendant of the Philip Shadrach family Jennifer Sweet.

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The White House has announced that two Civil War soldiers will be awarded the Medal of Honor next week.

We have told you about these soldiers on several recent episodes.

George Davenport Wilson and Philip "Perry" Gephart Shadrach will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in Washington D.C. on July 3rd.

Wilson and Shadrach were members of the legendary Andrews' Raiders and were part of every step of the mission that is known as the Great Locomotive Chase. The Raiders gained fame in 1862 when they stole a train called the General in what was then Big Shanty, Georgia. Their plan was to race north and destroy the rails between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee but due to several reasons the mission ultimately failed. Twenty-two of those Raiders were captured after the raid and jailed. Eight were executed including Shadrach and Wilson. Eight escaped from prison.

The six others were later part of a prisoner exchange and those six men were our country's first recipients of the Medal of Honor on March 25, 1863.

Over the next 20 years, of the twenty-two soldiers who were part of Andrews' Raiders were awarded the Medal of Honor.

Another solider was offered the Medal, but he was stopped by Confederates on his way to Georgia. He didn't participate in the Raid and declined the honor.

But for reasons that aren't completely understood over the 162 years since The Great Locomotive Chase Shadrach and Wilson were never honored.

So, now after generations of family members have waited and worked George Wilson and Perry Shadrach will finally be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Brad Quinlin is a historian who worked with a descendant of the Shadrach family, Ron Shadrach, to help research this case, put together nomination packets, and request the Army, the Pentagon, and the White House to once and for all correct this record and honor these 2 soldiers.

In this episode a conversation with historian and author Brad Quinlin.

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June 18th is a significant date in two Medal of Honor stories we've told you in the past on our podcast.

The 18th of June is an important date in the story of very first recipients of the Medal of Honor, Andrews' Raiders during the Civil War, and the last person to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the late Vietnam War Veteran, Captain Larry Taylor.

And both stories have major ties to Chattanooga Tennessee.

In this episode, we discuss what happened on June 18, 1863 and June 18, 1968.

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