Thank you!

Dear Captain Paul W. Bucha,

My name is Oswaldo, we all feel proud of what you have done,

saving your men at battle, by killing the enemy only just you while your men got out alive,

you have saved families, brothers, fathers, sons.

We all thank you fo saving those peoples lifes

with out having to think about it. Many people

give thanks to you because you are a very brave and proud person.

We all thank you for destroying the enemys bunkers and it was

smart from you by telling your men to play death while you were trying to get them

out just by your self and it was amazing that you didin't

got killed while they were uploading the

helicopters of people. we are all proud of you and we

thank you for saving their lifes!

Paul W. Bucha

A West Point graduate, Captain Paul Bucha was the commanding officer of a reconnaissance-in-force mission that was inserted by helicopter to locate and destroy an enemy stronghold. When his men were pinned down by heavy machine-gun fire, Captain Bucha crawled 40 meters through a hail of enemy fire to single-handedly destroy the bunker with grenades. Though wounded, upon seeing his units perimeter was about to be over-run, he ordered a withdrawal while providing covering fire. At one point during the night, he ordered his men to "play dead" while he brought in friendly fire on the enemy. He also stood, in full view of the enemy, with a flashlight to direct the evacuation of three helicopters carrying the most seriously wounded from the field of battle.