荣誉勋章星期一：陆军特种部队。 5 詹姆斯·C·麦克劳恩

陆军特种部队。 5 James C. McCloughan was drafted into military service as a combat medic Aug. 29, 1968, and served in South Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970. However, it was the bravery he displayed at 22, during a three-day battle, that led to him receiving the Medal of Honor nearly 50 years later.

McCloughan was born in South Haven, Michigan, April 30, 1946, but grew up on a farm in Bangor, Michigan.在班戈高中，他是一名四项运动代表队运动员。毕业后，他就读于奥利维特学院，在那里参加摔跤、橄榄球和棒球比赛。

He majored in sociology and obtained a teaching certificate in 1968 before taking a teaching and coaching position with South Haven Public Schools.然而，他就任新职务仅三个月就被征召入伍。

After completing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in September 1968, McCloughan attended medical training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, before deploying to Vietnam. He was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division, known as the Americal Division.

The company air assaulted near Tam Ky and Nui Yon Hill in 1969. McCloughan, a private first class at the time, showed gallantry above and beyond the call of duty May 13-15, 1969.

On May 13, with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy gunfire to rescue a comrade too injured to move and carried him to safety. That same day, 2nd Platoon was ordered to search the area near Nui Yon Hill when they were ambushed by a large North Vietnamese army force and sustained heavy casualties.

Once again, with complete disregard for his personal safety, McCloughan led two Americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade.他冒着敌人的进攻，先后四次挺进杀伤区，营救受伤的同志。

他总共治疗了 40 至 50 名士兵，并被认为挽救了至少 10 条生命。