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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Vietnam MOH Raymond "Mike'' Clausen Not Forgotten

Ponchatoula war veteran spearheads memorial to honor Medal of Honor recipient, TV station reports
The Times-Picayune
By Bob Warren, NOLA.com
May 09, 2015
It always bothered Phil Monteleone of Ponchatoula that his buddy Raymond "Mike'' Clausen never got a hero's funeral when he died in 2004.

After all, Clausen, a Marine, had been awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in Vietnam.

So Monteleone, himself a Vietnam veteran who became good friends with Clausen when both military men came home to Ponchatoula, did something about it.

He raised money to erect a memorial to his pal, WGNO TV in New Orleans reports.
read more here
Raymond Clausen, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
Medal of Honor: Oral Histories

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