Memorial Day Miracle At 'The Wall' [video 3 min 17 sec]
Allen Hoe, 62, served as a combat medic in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968.
His son, Nainoa K. Hoe, served as a first lieutenant infantry officer with the Army's 3rd Battalion in Mosul, Iraq. He died there on Jan. 22, 2005, at the age of 27.
On Memorial Day that year, Allen traveled to Washington, D.C., from his home in Honolulu for services being held at the Vietnam Memorial, often referred to as "the wall."
[He] recounts a chance meeting with a nurse who tried to save his son in Iraq.
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His son, Nainoa K. Hoe, served as a first lieutenant infantry officer with the Army's 3rd Battalion in Mosul, Iraq. He died there on Jan. 22, 2005, at the age of 27.
On Memorial Day that year, Allen traveled to Washington, D.C., from his home in Honolulu for services being held at the Vietnam Memorial, often referred to as "the wall."
[He] recounts a chance meeting with a nurse who tried to save his son in Iraq.