Washington (CNN)- A 25 - year -
old Army staff sergeant from Iowa will be the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since three service members from the Vietnam War were honored in 1976.
Dietz Stadium — named for Robert Dietz, a 24 - year -
old Army staff sergeant from Kingston who was killed in World War II — opened in 1949 at what is now the corner of Joys and Grandma Brown lanes.
The U.S. gold rush began the next day when a 29 - year -
old Army staff sergeant from Columbus, Ga., Hershel Anderson, won the medal in free - pistol competition.
Not exact matches
When it finally opened, it was
staffed by an
army of nuns, kind and stern, young and
old, all in black.
Named for World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz of Kingston, the reserve center was declared government surplus when the
Army announced plans to build what is now the Sean Farrell
Army Reserve center on
Old King's Highway south of Saugerties.
The Chief of
Army Staff, Lt. - General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, who inaugurated the project said the plant would solve the over 30 - year -
old perennial water problem in the barracks and its environs.
It would be recalled that Dan - Ali last week reopened the
old wounds when he openly castigated the immediate past Chief of
Army Staff, COAS, Lt - Gen.