It was Jan. 15, 1970 — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday — when a young Army medic, Mike McGee Sr., and his platoon came under heavy gunfire from enemy forces in Vietnam.
McGee was waiting in a medical bunker somewhere in the Vietnamese jungle when a fellow soldier was suddenly struck by gunfire about 200 yards out and needed medical attention.
It was now up to McGee to leave his post, maybe to never return, and render aid to his comrade. But after running through the gunfire to reach the downed soldier, he encountered a big surprise upon arrival…