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In this June 9, 2017, file photo, former Army medic James McCloughan is interviewed in South Haven, Mich. McCloughan, from Michigan, who risked his life nine times to rescue comrades in Vietnam is becoming the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

James McCloughan, Vietnam Army medic, to get first Medal of Honor from Donald Trump

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Retired Army medic James McCloughan looks upwards as President Donald Trump prepares to bestow the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to him in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017. McCloughan is credited with saving the lives of members of his platoon nearly 50 years ago in the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Medal recipient calls experience ‘humbling’

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This 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan shows him with the former Army medic, right, with a platoon interpreter in Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13, 2017, that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of James McCloughan via AP)

Michigan Vietnam vet is Trump’s 1st Medal of Honor recipient

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press