A Memorial Day Miracle at “The Wall”
AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast
- Published
- October 9, 2024
- Duration
- 38:42
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 5, 2026
Discusses On Mother’s Day, 1968, Army Medic SPC Allen Hoe watched 18 of his friends die in battle during the V…
Summary
On Mother’s Day, 1968, Army Medic SPC Allen Hoe watched 18 of his friends die in battle during the Vietnam War. In the five decades since then, he has devoted his life to helping the families of those fallen Soldiers and the Army community. And it was at a 2005 Memorial Day event in Washington that he met a nurse who returned the favor by giving Allen pea…
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On Mother’s Day, 1968, Army Medic SPC Allen Hoe watched 18 of his friends die in battle during the Vietnam War. In the five decades since then, he has devoted his life to helping the families of those fallen Soldiers and the Army community. And it was at a 2005 Memorial Day event in Washington that he met a nurse who returned the favor by giving Allen peace after the death of Allen’s own son, who died during a deployment to Iraq in 2005. Hosts LTG (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith and SMA (Ret.) Dan Dailey