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Army Lt. Col. Charles C. Rogers, Medal of Honor recipient.
Episode 2756 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers 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 Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers. It was submitted by Katie Lange, the outstanding writer for DOD News.
Lange, in her story, reported that From the 1950’s to the 1980’s, a lot changed in America and abroad, and Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers served through all of it. As a Black man, he worked for gender and race equality while in the service. But he’s perhaps most well-known for his leadership during an intense battle in Vietnam, which earned him the Medal of Honor.
Lange added this about Rogers; he was born on Sept. 6, 1929, and grew up with his brother and three sisters outside of the coal-mining town of Claremont, West Virginia. Rogers’ dad was a coal miner and World War I veteran, which could be what nurtured his desire to serve.
Rogers, who attended the all-Black Dubois High School during the segregation era, excelled as a student. He was consistently on the honor roll, played quarterback for the football team and was elected the student body president. He graduated in 1947 and attended West Virginia State College (now University), where he earned a degree in mathematics. Rogers commissioned into the Army through ROTC after he graduated in June of 1951.
Rogers was put in command of the 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, and sent to Vietnam in July 1967. He spent the next two years on the battlefront.
Listen to episode 2756 and discover more about Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers and his Congressional Medal of Honor award honors.
