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Army Master Sgt. Charles E. Hosking Jr., a Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient.
Episode 2712 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Vietnam Vet Army MSG Charles Hosking Jr.and his Congressional Medal of Honor award. The featured story comes from The U.S. Department of Defense website and was titled: Medal of Honor Monday: Army MSG Charles Hosking Jr.. It was submitted by Katie Lange, a writer for DOD News.
Lange, in her story, reported that according to DoD documents, Army Master Sgt. Charles E. Hosking Jr. was on his third deployment to Vietnam during his 24th year of service when he was killed in action saving his fellow Special Forces soldiers. He unhesitatingly gave his life for theirs, and for that, he earned the Medal of Honor.
Throughout World War II, Hosking served with the famed 82nd Airborne Division in its 509th Parachute Battalion, including during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded in the leg. He was lucky to be alive, though. According to the (Ridgewood, New Jersey) Sunday News newspaper, by the time the battalion disbanded, only 30 men of the initial 1,500 had survived.
Military records show Hosking remained in the service through Korea but never deployed to the conflict zone because of serious injuries he suffered during a bazooka training accident. After he recovered, he joined the newly created Special Forces and became a Green Beret. He served as a demolition expert and, after going to language school, became proficient in several languages.
On March 21, 1967, Army Sgt. 1st Class Hosking was serving as a company adviser for the III Corps Civilian Irregular Defense Group Reaction Battalion. At the time, his company was in the Don Luan District, west of Saigon, about 4 kilometers east of a Special Forces camp. While he was waiting to link up with another group of soldiers, disaster struck.
Listen to episode 2712 and discover more about Vietnam Vet Army MSG Charles Hosking Jr. and his Congressional Medal of Honor award.
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