θˈɜːɾiθɹˈiː jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ, hiː wʌz dˈɛkɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððə bɹˈɑːnz stˈɑːɹ fɔːɹ hˈɛlpɪŋ tə ɹˈɛskjuː ɐ bˈædli wˈuːndᵻd sˈoʊldʒɚ wˌaɪl ˌʌndɚɹ ˈɛnəmi fˈaɪɚɹ ˌɔn noʊvˈɛmbɚ fˈɪftiːn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə bˈæɾəl ʌv ˈaɪə dɹˈæŋ æt lˈændɪŋ zˈoʊn ˈɛksɹˈeɪ ɪn vˌiːətnˈɑːm.
Thirty-three years later, he was decorated with the Bronze Star for helping to rescue a badly wounded soldier while under enemy fire on November 15, 1965, during the Battle of Ia Drang at Landing Zone X-Ray in Vietnam.