US WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL RACES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. THAT STORY MUCH LATER WHEN YOU JOIN US AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. >> IF YEARS AGO TODAY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM BRYANT WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS IN VIETNAM. TODAY HIS FAMILY DONATED THAT MEDAL TO FORT BRAGG AT THE SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER AND SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING THAT BEARS HIS NAME. >> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO COME OUT TO MANY CEREMONIES HERE BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR AND THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE TO WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN SERVED. THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING FOR THE U.S. ARMY JFK SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER AND SCHOOL IS THE PLACE WHERE GREEN BERETS ARE MADE. NOW IN ADDITION TO HIS NAME AND PICTURES THE FAMILY HAS DONATED MORE THAN A DOZEN METALS INCLUDING HIS MEDAL OF HONOR. >> I REMEMBER SHOWING THE METALS AND THEY WERE JUST IN ALL. >> HE RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING COMBAT IN VIETNAM IN MARCH 1969. >> HE CAME UNDER INTENSE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE AND WAS PINNED DOWN. HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY REPULSED ONE ENEMY ATTACK ON HIS SMALL FORCE AND BY HIS HEROIC ACTIONS OF OTHER RESULTS. >> Reporter: LATER HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED GIVING HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS MEN. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1971 PRESIDENT NIXON AWARDED THE GREENBRAE THE MEDAL OF HONOR. A RECORDING OF THAT PRESENTATION WAS PLAYED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY CUT THE RIBBON OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS THAT HAOLES SO THE MEMORIAL GALLERY. >> WE SEE THE DEDICATION TO LOOK AT A MAN STANDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WERE ABOUT. THAT MEANS A LOT. >> Reporter: HIS SONS REMEMBER GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUT TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER ANY SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT CEREMONY. THEY HAD THOSE METALS UP IN HIS MAN CAVE ON THE WALL. WHEN THE GUYS WOULD COME OVER AND SHOOT POOL HE WOULD SHOW THEM TO HIM AND THEY WOULD SAY THAT IS NICE AND THEY WILL JUST KEEP SHOOTING POOL. THAT'S WHEN HE REALIZED HE HAD TO PUT THE METALS IN A PLACE OF HONOR. SERGEANT BRYANT WOULD HAVE BEEN 88 YEARS OLD TODAY. >> YOU NEED THE PERSPECTIVE AND THE HISTORY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW COURAGEOUS HE