Drew Dennis Dix

Drew Dennis Dix is a decorated United States military veteran and retired major in the United States Army. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War he was the first enlisted Special Forces soldier to receive the medal.

Dix was born in West Point, New York, and raised in Pueblo, Colorado. He enlisted in the Army at agein 1962, hoping to join the Special Forces. Initially turned down because of his young age, he spent three years serving with the 82nd Airborne Division before being accepted into the Special Forces at the age of 21. During this time he served in Operation Power Pack, the US military intervention in the Dominican Republic.

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