LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to go over to the White House where the citation is being read just before the presentation of the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon at the White House by the president of the United States. Let's listen.</s>WATERS: Well, you heard the biggest part of the citation. Alfred Rascon, while operating as a medic in the Vietnam War in 1966, risked his own life to save others, threw himself over the bodies of wounded comrades to help them avoid the shrapnel from tossed grenades. He was severely wounded in the process. Today, 34 years later, because his recommendation had gotten lost somewhere in the bureaucracy, he receives his Medal of Honor -- Alfred Rascon.</s>ALFRED RASCON, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT: Thank you very much. The honor is not really mine. It ends up being those who were with me that day. Mr. President, thank you very much for giving me at least a couple of seconds to thank those who were with me that day. Would my recon platoons please stand up?</s>WATERS: Short, but sweet: a man who says he does not deserve the honor. The folks that he saved on the battlefield disagree with him, and he has received his award today from the president of the United States, awarding the Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon.
President Clinton Awards Alfred Rascon the Medal of Honor