Rob Jackson, wearing his medals, stands in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Rob Jackson, 66, an Army veteran of the Vietnam war, talks about his wartime service as a medic at his Buxton home. Jackson served as a conscientious objector and did not carry a gun. In a Washington, D.C., ceremony this week, Jackson will receive a Silver Star for saving several soldiers' lives in 1970.
A family photo shows Rob Jackson in Vietnam where he served as an Army medic in 1970-71.
Jackson will receive a Silver Star for saving several soldiers' lives in 1970.
Jackson, left, served in the war as a conscientious objector and did not carry a gun.
A family photo shows Rob Jackson in the 1960s before he went to Vietnam.
Jackson, an Army veteran of the Vietnam war, talks about his wartime service as a medic.
Rob Jackson looks at the names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Rob Jackson of Buxton received a Silver Star Medal on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Rob Jackson of Buxton, center, celebrates his receipt of a Silver Star Medal stemming from his actions during the Vietnam War, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday with family members, friends and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, at left.
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