Paul Bucha Medal of Honor Recipient Joins Committee to Honor Homer L. Wise
Stamford, CT, January 22, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Connecticut's only living Medal of Honor recipient announced today he will become a member of the Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee.
Paul W. Bucha of Ridgefield, CT was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as a captain and commanding officer of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, on March 18, 1968 in Vietnam.
Mr. Bucha, a graduate of West Point and former President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, says about Homer L. Wise:
“It is important that among the celebrities for whom we name parks and streets, there are those we also honor who come from everyday America, living anonymously among us, until that mysterious confluence of time and circumstances places them one day in a position where they can see fate has it will be; unless they and they alone reach down within themselves for that hidden potential that resides within each of us, old or young, rich or poor, black or white, male or female, a potential that can literally challenge destiny and change the world. Such a man was Homer Wise until June 14, 1944, on a hillside in Italy; he found himself needing to act to save himself and his men and he did. And the rest is history.
“Men and women like Homer Wise, common everyday people who one day, do something extraordinary that literally changes history, remind us each day that each of us if so called upon can find with ourselves the power to challenge destiny and by that power we can change the world.”
The Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee, Inc. is in the process of raising funds to erect a bronze statue in Stamford, CT of Master Sergeant Homer L. Wise awarded the Medal of Honor on June 14, 1944. Sergeant Wise was one of the most decorated infantrymen of World War II. He served in Italy and France and was a member of Company L, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.
For more information regarding The Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee, Inc.’s visit our website:www.sgthomerlwisememorial.org or contact us by email: h.l.wisememorial@gmail.com
To read Capitan Bucha's citation when presented the Medal of Honor by President Richard M. Nixon on May 14, 1970 visit www.cmohs.org
Contact: James S. Vlasto, Project Director
Phone: (917) 414-2915
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Paul W. Bucha of Ridgefield, CT was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as a captain and commanding officer of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, on March 18, 1968 in Vietnam.
Mr. Bucha, a graduate of West Point and former President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, says about Homer L. Wise:
“It is important that among the celebrities for whom we name parks and streets, there are those we also honor who come from everyday America, living anonymously among us, until that mysterious confluence of time and circumstances places them one day in a position where they can see fate has it will be; unless they and they alone reach down within themselves for that hidden potential that resides within each of us, old or young, rich or poor, black or white, male or female, a potential that can literally challenge destiny and change the world. Such a man was Homer Wise until June 14, 1944, on a hillside in Italy; he found himself needing to act to save himself and his men and he did. And the rest is history.
“Men and women like Homer Wise, common everyday people who one day, do something extraordinary that literally changes history, remind us each day that each of us if so called upon can find with ourselves the power to challenge destiny and by that power we can change the world.”
The Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee, Inc. is in the process of raising funds to erect a bronze statue in Stamford, CT of Master Sergeant Homer L. Wise awarded the Medal of Honor on June 14, 1944. Sergeant Wise was one of the most decorated infantrymen of World War II. He served in Italy and France and was a member of Company L, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.
For more information regarding The Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee, Inc.’s visit our website:www.sgthomerlwisememorial.org or contact us by email: h.l.wisememorial@gmail.com
To read Capitan Bucha's citation when presented the Medal of Honor by President Richard M. Nixon on May 14, 1970 visit www.cmohs.org
Contact: James S. Vlasto, Project Director
Phone: (917) 414-2915
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(917) 414-2915
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(917) 414-2915
www.sgthomerlwisememorial.org
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