Talk:William D. Port
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Heip Duc Province
[edit]The article said Port was wounded and captured January 12, 1968 in Que Son Valley, Heip Duc Province. After thorough web searching, I can confirm that fact [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Through web searching also finds there is a Heip Duc village and a Heip Duc valley, but it is clear that Heip Duc Province does not exist, and never existed, except as an error on Port's Medal of Honor certificate. Heip Duc Valley is a part of or extension of Que Son Valley. It appears to me that a notation like "Que Son, Heip Duc" was mangled into this fictional province. Note also that Statoids does not list Heip Duc under 1965 provinces. — Randall Bart Talk 01:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
From CMOHFoundation.org
[edit]I received this from CMOHFoundation.org:
Mr. Bart, I have the following information for you from our Society Archivist;
Port’s Medal of Honor citation was officially corrected in 1975 by the U.S. Army. For some reason, the original citation was repeatedly republished without the correction. The correction was made in G.O. No. 13, HQ, Dept. of the Army, 14 May 1975. The location of Port’s Medal of Honor action was corrected to “Que Son Valley, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam.”
Thanks for your interest in accuracy regarding Medal of Honor Recipients.
Semper Fidelis, Tom W Thomas L. Wilkerson President & CEO
252 N. Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 (O) 703.237.1222 (C) 703.517.0674 www.cmohfoundation.org
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