ABOUT THOMAS BENNETT
Conscientious objector to the Vietnam War who nevertheless enlisted and earned a posthumous Medal of Honor.
He was a patriot who believed in serving his country but was religiously opposed to the act of killing.
He repeatedly braved enemy fire to help wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia.
President Richard Nixon presented Bennett's posthumous Medal of Honor to his mother and father.
