Almost 40 years after battling to save nine civilians from their Viet Cong captors, Drew Dix is a member of a small and dwindling fraternity — the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
The Pueblo native, 62, one of 107 living recipients of the nation’s highest award for valor, was in Denver on Wednesday with other Medal of Honor recipients to promote the group’s convention next year at the Adam’s Mark Hotel.
“I’m looking forward to showing the medal recipients some good Colorado hospitality,” Dix, a member of the host committee, said of the event, scheduled for Sept. 16-20.
“We talk to them about determination and service and good priorities in their lives,” said Robert Howard, president of the society and a Medal of Honor winner.
“Our numbers are getting smaller; there is a significant number who are over 80,” Howard said.
