Pvt. Jesse L. Fontenot has been awarded an Army commendation medal for heroism in shooting down a Communist Viet Nam terrorist in downtown Saigon Thursday, the Associated Press reported today.
Fontenot waited several seconds until a grenade tossed at him had exploded, before he took aim and shot the terrorist off the bicycle on which he was trying to make a getaway.
The citation said Fontenot displayed "coolness, judgment and courage rarely found in even the most professional military policemen with many years experience."