Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins of the U.S. Army Special Forces was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 by President Obama for his heroic actions in Vietnam.

In 2020, Adkins died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

On today’s show we remember a true American hero: Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins.

Carolyn Hutcheson spoke with Adkins in 2014 at his Opelika home.