Florida lauds 101st Vietnam hero

Florida lauds 101st Vietnam hero

(EXCERPT) By JENNIFER P. BROWN jpbrown@kentuckynewera.com

A Hopkinsville woman recently helped Florida officials dedicate a new
$9 million nursing home in honor of her late husband, Staff Sgt.
Clifford Chester Sims, who died fighting in Vietnam with soldiers from
the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Mary Sims Parker -- who stood with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to cut the
ceremonial ribbon at the nursing home in Springfield, Fla. -- said her
family was honored by the recognition.

"It was very exciting for all of us," Parker said. "I really feel it
was a worthy honor for him because of what he did to save his
comrades."

On Feb. 21, 1968, during a battle near the village of Hue in the
Republic of Vietnam, Sims threw his body onto an exploding hand
grenade a...

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