Medal of Honor Recipient Bennie Adkins to Be Buried at Arlington

The late Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins, described by President Barack Obama as a peerless soldier whose gift of service to the nation and his community "will be with us for eternity," will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 16.

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Adkins, an Army legend through three tours in Vietnam as a Green Beret, died in . . .