by President Richard Nixon. Later life Bucha left the army in 1972. He worked as chief of operations in Iran for Ross Perot's company, Electronic Data Systems (EDS). When several EDS employees were detained during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was involved in the effort to free them. He then started his own company, which found American partners for foreign investors. With a French real estate developer he formed a joint venture which began the development of Port Liberté, New Jersey. He later worked as chairman of the board of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and was president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He sits on the Board of Directors to a number of organizations and companies, including Veterans Advantage, a Public Benefit Corporation that creates exclusive benefits and discounts for the military community, of which he has been an advisory board member since its founding by Lin and Scott Higgins in 2000. Bucha is active in political affairs and campaigned for Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election. Bucha unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in New York in 1993. Bucha is an honorary member of the Rhode Island Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with his wife Cynthia. He has four children. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War References External links Interview at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on March 16, 2006 Interview at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on February 26, 2009 1943 births Living people American people of Croatian descent Ladue Horton Watkins High School alumni United States Military Academy alumni Stanford University alumni United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor Military personnel from Connecticut