Karl Smith, a Muskegon High School grad, enlisted for the military when he was 17 years old and still in school. On Wednesday ...

Karl Smith was deployed to Vietnam and served in the Navy from 1969 to 1973 ... Now, yes, I can prove it because the medal says I was there — so somewhere there’s a record of it,” Smith ...

After Officer Candidate School, he qualified for Special Forces. He was sent to Vietnam in 1964, where he would receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous and nearly fatal defense of an ...