Jim, is the pawn shop owner the young MOH recipient in the picture or is that his son?
He looks like he's the age of most Vietnam vets today and there seems to be a resemblance between him and the young soldier in the picture,but I couldn't tell if it was him.
Later that night, while I was thinking about the day's somber events, Cpl. Richard A. Mason, an infantryman with Headquarters Platoon, who, in the short time I was with the company became a good friend, told me, "You're still here, don't forget that. Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and the other Marines today."
Quote from a story written by combat correspondent LCpl Travis J. Kaemmerer who,unfortunately,died in a car crash in Virginia after returning from Iraq.