# Behind the Scenes with President Obama's Medal of Honor Recipient

A soldier never leaves his comrades behind." Almost 50 years ago, U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Charles Kettles heroically rescued 44 Americans under fire while serving in Vietnam. President Obama awarded him with the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor: http://go.wh.gov/ZeBLdE</a

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Obama White House
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Behind_the_Scenes_with_President_Obama%27s_Medal_of_Honor_Recipient.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Obama White House
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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