MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Every Friday, in partnership with the Florida Panthers, we put the spotlight on a hero among us, men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country.
Today, we’re meeting United States Vietnam Veteran Thomas Corey.
Specialist Corey was drafted in 1966. He was part of the air Calvary in Vietnam. He would regularly go searching for the enemy.
On January 31, 1968 his life forever changed when he went into battle to take control of a village overrun by Vietnamese soldiers and was shot in the spinal cord.