TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
Tinker Talks celebrates veterans this 12 months with a podcast honoring the service of Pete Piazza.
Piazza served three excursions in Vietnam. Throughout his second tour, then-Workers Sgt. Piazza was NCO in Cost of the third Safety Police Squadron’s “C” Flight Safety Resupply Group at Bien Hoa Air Base, close to Saigon.
North Vietnamese forces launched a rocket and floor assault Jan. 31, 1968, as a part of the Tet Offensive. Piazza drove by machine gun and sniper fireplace to resupply the defenders who had been rapidly working out of ammunition.
After the officer-in-charge was killed, Piazza assumed command and rallied along with his troops in a present of stamina and pressure whereas they counter-attacked throughout an eight-hour assault. The place was held and ultimately numbers of lives and a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars} in plane and provides had been spared.
He acquired the Silver Star, the third highest fight medal given to an Armed Forces member for his heroinism.
Piazza isn’t any stranger to Tinker Air Drive Base. He served right here within the late 80s previous to retiring. In 2014 a gate was named in his honor.
Piazza nonetheless provides to our Airmen, displaying as much as communicate for the Airmen Management College courses in addition to popping out to spend time with our energetic obligation members.
Click on right here to take heed to the most recent Tinker Talks podcast.
