US Army Col. Robert L Howard Sr. - trailer: A Hero Among Heroes

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A Hero Among Heroes is now available at: www.usfallen.or...
This presentation is a trailer of a mini-bio USFallen.org has been commissioned to produce. For details please visit our website at www.usfallen.org.
US Army Col. Robert Bob L. Howard Sr., 70, of San Antonio. TX. 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observation Group, SFMAC-VSOG.
Colonel Howard is considered by historians to be America's most decorated soldiers. He served five tours in Vietnam and was nominated for the Medal of Honor thrice in 13 months and earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and 8 Purple Hearts among his numerous awards.
He was born in 1939 and raised by his grandmother in Opelaka, AL. He joined the army in 1956 at the age of 17. He received a direct appointment from Master Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant in 1969, and was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971.
After retirement from military service in 1992, Colonel Bob Howard was employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. He retired in San Antonio, TX on January 2006, after 52 years of public service.
He died Dec. 23, 2009 of pancreatic cancer in a Waco, TX hospice. He leaves behind 3 daughters, a son and 4 grandchildren.
Acknowledgments:
Family of Robert L Lewis Howard Sr.
Airborne Assoc., Alamo Silver Wings - Sgt. Maj. (Ret) Benito Guerrero
American GI Forum - Manny Sustaita
Ft. Sam Houston Natl Cemetery
Medal of Honor Society, USN Lt. MOH Recipient, Mike Thornton
Opelika, AL. Mayor Gary Fuller
US Army, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Alfred Valenzuela
Footage:
Brasso Productions - rlhtribute.com
Combat Veterans RU-vid - John Wolf
Time Warner Cable Public TV
Photos/Resources
d-1-20.ning.com Combat Veterans - John Wolf
gruntz.fr - Olivier Bizet
defenselink.mil
opelika.org Henry J. Stern
Video Production
USFallen.org
Producer/Editor/Film - Jerry Castillo

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@ceplow7477 8 лет назад

I HAD THE HONOR TOO SERVE WITH BOB IN COUNTRY 70/71

@bender138 7 лет назад

Same here,68-69. He was a SSG when I first met him.

@familynerf 3 года назад

Thank you

@familynerf 3 года назад

@@bender138 thank you

@im4our312 8 лет назад

One of the best men that has ever walked this earth.

@DeathKnightCrusade 12 лет назад

RIP Col. Robert L. Howard war hero and friend to many.

@gregoryguerrero5092 10 лет назад

That was not his actual burial, that was a memorial service done at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio Texas. He also had a memorial service at Ft. Bragg North Carolina. The Colonel was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. My father the late SGM Benito V. Guerrero attened the service in San Antonio and flew to D.C. When Colonel Howard was laid to rest. My father and Colonel Howard were good friends. SGM Guerrero is the one interviewing Colonel Howard at the beginning of this video. My father passed away about 5 months after Colonel Howard. They don't make em like that anymore. God bless them and those like them.

@paulsuprono7225 5 лет назад

For those . . . who truely served. He surely did !🇺🇸

@mq9893 3 года назад

With respect to you & father & family, they definitely do not make em like Mr.Howard, or our fathers' anymore.

@nelsonsavinon605 3 года назад

Had the honor of meeting this hero while estationed at Bagram, Afghanistan, he was a humble man, God bless him!!!!!!!!

@donaldzlotnik505 3 года назад

He was a "Legend-in-his-own-time." His greatest deed was done after the war when eh helped rebuild Special Forces at Camp McCall by raising the standards for both officers and enlisted.

@Azrael8 14 лет назад

thank u for making this amazing tribute to such an incredible warrior...he will be remembered

@anthonymaccherone 5 лет назад

He was my CO in the 2/75th Inf. Rangers, Airborne.

@tonypresti5810 Год назад

What years? I was USAF McCord AFB and we supported the Rangers.

@reptile5675 12 лет назад

Really is there anyone worthy to pay all honors deserved. Put in for the Congressional Medal of Honor three times. The only thing fitting would have been if God himself preformed funeral honors. This man is truly one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived.

@asmithsup63 11 лет назад

God Bless Ranger Bob Howard, the lead by example Captain I once knew!

@teddysalad8227 5 лет назад

Wow. All I can say is wow. What a soldier. What a man.

@larrycourtneyjr.126 4 года назад

A great man and a great American.

@joycewilbanks7922 2 месяца назад

Almighty God bless this courageous decent man . . .NO WORDS . . .THANK YOU SIR .

@brandonashbrook4783 9 месяцев назад

On the Thumbnail photo my Grandfather is behind Bob Howard and Eldon Bargewell. Hes the one smiling. He was a Recon Marine during the late 60s and early 70s. He left Vietnam with a Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts, and an Air Medal with a V Device. He died 20 years ago and this video after seeing the thumbnail opened a door of stuff to learn about him. I always thought he was just an Avionics Marine working on the flight deck but apparently not.

@artileriu 12 лет назад

Col. Robert L Howard sr you are a lagend and a hero semper fi

@raytucker6568 Год назад

He was one of our lane grader in the mountain ranger camp class 10/77.

@TheDevil1222 2 месяца назад

This man, this extraordinary man balls to the wall warrior the best of the best unbelievable the world could learn from him, courage, commitment, how to be a good man how to have respect how to have morals

@kamacazi8 13 лет назад

OHH thank god.. that first piano tune at beginning.. I thought that sarah mclachlan song was going to play, I was about to cry my eyes out before it even started

@ncstonecrew 6 лет назад

THE BEST!!! R.I.P. SIR... DOL

@_____7704 Год назад

They need to make a movie about this man....

@bluesont 14 лет назад

God Bless Col. Howard RIP SFC USA ABN Ret.

@Felsted100 13 лет назад

Thank you Sir

@jeffreypinder9398 5 месяцев назад

True American hero and a soldier.

@GoBucks4ever 6 лет назад

How there can be four thumbs down only shows the soulless cretins they are. My Commander during the SFQC. God Bless a GREAT man.

@SpicyTexan64 3 года назад

Eight communist scumbag downvotes.

@jonathanjones7841 6 лет назад

I am appalled that someone used 4 unlike for any veterans, especially Ranger Bob L Howard. He was one of the greatest hero of our kind, most decorated soldier hands down. As Americans we should be ashamed to even think this man does deserve your respect. He sacrificed his live for this country and we need to recognize our true heroes. But I forgot some many people live to party and only have selfish ways in this country, if he was alive today he would shame on you taking the easy way out and not giving a damn for a soldier, no wonder we are treated badly at the VA, they hire quacks to run it when they do not truly care about our veterans only quotas.

@jcastillo57 6 лет назад

Jonathan thank you for your comments and passion for our vets. After retiring the Col. worked at the VA for a number of years and would object to your comments. The VA is not perfect, but it is far better having former active duty personnel such as the Col. stepping up to make things better.

@jonathanjones7841 6 лет назад

Yes, the VA is better than it was before, but to many men are waiting on Red tape to get their benefits and help they need in return we lose 22 day waiting on politicians who think they know better than us. But the Col. did say he hates reporters and politicians.

@tamatoa8261 Год назад

I had to stop and make a comment. That burial detail is a sad lot. Especially for a MOH recipient. No snap and attention to detail. It's like they dragged a bunch of guys out of the mess hall for this. Sloppy

@centurion180ad 12 лет назад

Simple minded notions, that have NO bearing on reality in this day & age. During the Vietnam Conflict combat exposure was limited, and GI benefits were considerable. Today combat exposure is infinite, and GI benefits are all but nonexistant. We fight like a bunch of creeps, that don't know what we are doing most of the time. War Criminal MERCENARIES run amok all over the place, for a thousand dollars a day with impunity. What this old GI says, just is no longer the case.