In March 1968, in the weeks following the Tet Offensive, Captain Bucha and his company found themselves surrounded and cutoff by a North Vietnamese Army battalion. In the days that followed, Bucha lead an extraordinary offensive against overwhelming odds to combat the enemy and in so doing received the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

The two-time All American swimmer and graduate of West Point, returned to teach there before embarking on a successful business and entrepreneurial career, which included a term as President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

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