Leslie Sabo was drafted after high school. Lots of people his age marched against the war, but Les didn't try to get deferred. His family had fled the communist crackdown in Hungary; he wanted to serve the country that welcomed them....\

[He] was killed in May 1970. He was 21....

...[the 101st Airborne] had been surrounded by a much larger North Vietnamese force on a reconnaissance mission in Cambodia. Leslie Sabo, already wounded, crawled forward to hurl a grenade back at their attackers, and shield his men with his own body. Then he set off his own grenade to blow up the enemy, and took the full force of that blast, too.

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1. rlw6 wrote: A lot of good men gave thier all in May of 1970,  Cpt. Robert Phillips was one, who as many others gave his life for his men.  I was saddend to attend Mass this morning and not one word of rememberance was uttered for those who gave thier all so we could worship with out fear.  God Bless them all May 27, 11:43 am | [comment link]

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