Harnett vet recognized for heroics 53 years after saving paratrooper's life
Staff Sgt. William E. Gaschler had a decision to make.He was the last man standing on a rooftop in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on May 13, 1965.The other soldiers on his three-man sniper team had been shot. One in the arm and another in the head and neck.And as Gaschler considered what to do next, he took note of the bullets, including rounds from a .50 caliber machine gun, impacting the rooftop around him. And he looked at his fellow soldier, blood spurting from […]
