FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: 1Lt George K Sisler ~ 11 June 2018

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1LT George K. Sisler

Info from this website.

           

George Kenton Sisler (September 19, 1937–February 7, 1967) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

Sisler joined the Army from his birth city of Dexter, Missouri, and by February 7, 1967 was serving as a first lieutenant in the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. On that day, when his unit came under heavy enemy attack in the Republic of Vietnam, Sisler organized the defense, rescued a wounded soldier, and single-handedly attacked an enemy position before being mortally wounded. For his actions during the battle, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Sisler, aged 29 at his death, was buried at Dexter Cemetery in his hometown of Dexter, Missouri. He was a 1964 graduate of Arkansas State College (now Arkansas State University) with a degree in education.

He was also famous for his toughness, once parachuting while having a broken bone. The ASU ROTC department's Ranger Challenge team is named Sisler's Raiders in his honor.

First Lieutenant Sisler's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life and above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Sisler was the platoon leader/adviser to a Special United States/Vietnam exploitation force. While on patrol deep within enemy dominated territory, 1st Lt. Sisler's platoon was attacked from 3 sides by a company sized enemy force. 1st Lt. Sisler quickly rallied his men, deployed them to a better defensive position, called for air strikes, and moved among his men to encourage and direct their efforts. Learning that 2 men had been wounded and were unable to pull back to the perimeter, 1st Lt. Sisler charged from the position through intense enemy fire to assist them. He reached the men and began carrying 1 of them back to the perimeter, when he was taken under more intensive weapons fire by the enemy. Laying down his wounded comrade, he killed 3 onrushing enemy soldiers by firing his rifle and silenced the enemy machinegun with a grenade. As he returned the wounded man to the perimeter, the left flank of the position came under extremely heavy attack by the superior enemy force and several additional men of his platoon were quickly wounded. Realizing the need for instant action to prevent his position from being overrun, 1st Lt. Sisler picked up some grenades and charged single-handedly into the enemy onslaught, firing his weapon and throwing grenades. This singularly heroic action broke up the vicious assault and forced the enemy to begin withdrawing. Despite the continuing enemy fire, 1st Lt. Sisler was moving about the battlefield directing air strikes when he fell mortally wounded. His extraordinary leadership, infinite courage, and selfless concern for his men saved the lives of a number of his comrades. His actions reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the military service.

USNS Sisler (T-AKR-311), a Navy Supply ship, is named after him.

Sisler Hall, a building at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, is named after him.

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[luvie]

Hey, there, radu!

Good to see you tonight! Saw your post last night, or rather early this morning and I was too sleepy to let it register. LOL!

Hope you had a good day! Bummer you didn’t get to work at the museum yesterday after driving all that way! They need to give you a key!

[PROCON]

Yo radu!

Good day although cool and we've had a series of thunderstorms pass through here again dumping a bunch of rain on us. Suppose to warm up and dry out as the week progresses.

Not much happening here, how about your way?

[SkyDancer]

Hi, (((HUGS))) Ya, well sorta. I still get a blue screen every so often but not as much as before. As for Mickey, he's a real hoot!

Dilly Dilly!

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Sounds like we were both a bit on the brain-dead side last night. LOL! Mine functioned just enough to post a few tunes, then the wind was gone from the sails.

It’s been a quiet day here but a good one. We had a storm blow through, which I slept through, and it wasn’t too terribly hot the rest of the day. Still soupy though.

Yeah, I was bummed yesterday about not getting to work at the museum. But everything will be waiting to be done when they open back up again.

How are things down your way?

[radu]

Oooo! Lucky you with all those thunderstorms and cool weather!

We had a storm pass through today but I slept through it. DRAT! But it did cool things off for the rest of the day, which was nice. They call for hot temps all week with the chance of showers and thunderstorms every day. We’ll see how many pop up here.

The soybeans are certainly enjoying the recent weather. They’re growing crazy-fast.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, heterosupremacist...glad you enjoyed reading about 1LT Sisler.

[luvie]

Glad you had a bit of a storm that cooled things off. We’ve been a bit cooler over the weekend, but no rain for us, of course.

Tomorrow is forecast to be over 100 again and then back down. Same roller coaster, different track. LOL!

I figured you were pretty tired from getting up early and then frustrated because you got there and found the place closed.

[radu]

I was glad to see we’d gotten some rain because it was getting awfully dusty. The owner of the land across the road had the fields mowed and the grass/weeds rolled into hay rolls the past few days and the dust blew here. GACK!

They’re calling for highs in the 90s all week here and rain chances every day. It’ll be a soupy week. UGH

I couldn’t get to sleep Fri. night which is why I was so zonked last night. All the dust had my sinuses and lungs crudded up pretty bad. Hard to sleep when one can’t breathe.

You better believe I was frustrated. LOL! I look forward to going up there to work on the uniforms each week and it was a let-down. Still have three more weeks to wait to get back to it. *sigh*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...we are supposed to get rain tonight. I hope so! The sky is really starting to look like it.

Did you and Blue get out today? Did Penny get a nice hike?

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....Pro grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....lightman snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three.....Janey bags the bronze!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, radu...we are supposed to be getting rain overnight.

I was only a little industrious...I had a short list for a tall brother to do, so helped him with those. All easy stuff, but I couldn’t seem to get them done. I did come to the rescue getting the safe open in the garage. The contents are for AJ, but he couldn’t get it open. It took me about 4 tries, but we finally succeeded!!

I just finished clean up for tacos and burritos. Yummy!!

Now to start laundry. AJ did his own. And I have a little homework and tomorrow’s thread to finish.

Is it still terrible HOT?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Really, really late, but...WELCOME ABOARD!!

Permission Granted!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...hope the blistering heat has let up some. We are supposed to get rain tonight!

[Kathy in Alaska]

The museum folks should have figured out by now that you come every weekend. They should let you know when they won’t be open.

[radu]

Keeping all appendages crossed for luck on that rain! You need it badly!

Sounds like your day was pretty darn good. Got some things done but didn’t overdo it. Better make sure you’ve thought of everything you can use “tall brother” help with before he heads off. LOL

It’s been miserably hot but it was coolish when I woke up this afternoon, thanks to a storm that had moved through. Still soupy out there, though, and it didn’t take much moving around to break into a sweat. It’s going to be this way for at least the next week, if not longer. Ugh

[luvie]

Hi....it was cooler today and yesterday. Back up to 102 tomorrow, just for the one day.

Fingers crossed that you get your rain! You probably need it nearly as bad as we do!

[luvie]

Gag! Even thinking about all that dust being stirred up makes my sinuses hurt! LOL! No wonder you couldn’t sleep. l hope you get enough rain to settle things and help the current crops grow.

[radu]

I normally call to find out if there’ll be someone there but since one of the guys last week said they’d be open, I didn’t call. Something came up this week that made them decide to be closed for three weeks. Had I made the usual call(s), I’d have known.
But it would have been nice if one of them had been kind enough to call to let me know.