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"Compromised!"
Sculptor: Jenelle Armstrong Byrd
Edition: Open
Medium: Clay model for Bronze
Size: About 7" high
Lloyd "Frenchy"
Mousseau was a member of the SOG recon team that Roy Benavidez rescued to
earn his Medal of Honor. Frenchy is depicted here springing to
silently kill an enemy soldier who has just discovered his small team's
hidden position. Unfortunately shots were fired in the exchange and
from that moment the vastly superior enemy force knew where the team in
the area - they were "compromised".
In the ensuing action,
in which the team of three Americans and 9 indigenious and Vietnamese
soldiers was surrounded by several hundred NVA soldiers Mousseau was
severly wounded. He was rescued by Roy Benavidez who carried him to
the waiting helicopter under enemy fire. Unfortunately
Mousseau died just before arriving at the Saigon hospital.
Lloyd Mousseau left a
daughter, Kathy, who celebrated her third birthday a few days after he
died. See their story on the Valor Remembered Website at the
website:
http://www.valorremembered.org/RPB_AmazingGrace.htm
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