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Medal of Honor recipient John Baka recounts wound and reconciliation at Menifee ceremony
Menifee City · March 27, 2026
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At Menifee City’s Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event, Medal of Honor recipient John Baka described being wounded by a grenade in Vietnam, an encounter with a captured North Vietnamese soldier, and later returning to Vietnam for reconciliation work.
John Baka, a Medal of Honor recipient invited to speak at Menifee City’s Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans ceremony, recounted his wartime experience, the moment he was gravely wounded and his long connection to fellow service members and medical staff.
Baka described an incident in which he approached an enemy bunker, subdued a…
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