History You Didn't Ask For
History You Didn't Ask For is the show that tells the stories they left out of your textbooks. Every episode, one person who built something, broke something open, or changed everything — and somehow didn't make it into the official record. Hosted by Nikki Hensler Gordon.
History You Didn't Ask For
I Still Got Americans Out There: The Paris Davis Story
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In 1965, an Army captain disobeyed a direct order in a Vietnamese rice paddy because he wouldn't leave his men behind. His commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor. The paperwork disappeared. Then it disappeared again. This is the story of Colonel Paris Davis and the fifty-eight years between what he did and when the country finally said so out loud.