Moyer lives in Las Vegas, Nevada but his brother, Earl, who arranged the ceremony, lives here in Dayton.
Moyer was honored at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Nebraska Avenue, where a former comrade in arms spoke highly of Moyer’s character.
“When you’re operating with five or six men, and help is 10 minutes away by helicopter, you have to trust your guys. I could always truck Dick,” said Col. Myron Anderson.
Moyer has also received three Purple Hearts with a fourth pending approval.
His latest honor was delayed by administrative oversight.
“Paperwork would get lost back then, and when you’re out of sight, you’re out of mind,” Anderson said.
But Moyer said the Bronze Star means more to him now than it ever could have in his youth.
“I’m blown away by it,” he said. “And I’m surprised by all of the people who have come to honor me. I’m so moved by that — I mean I’m almost speechless.”
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