Speaker Biographies

Bill Schiebler

Bill Schiebler, MN, Vietnam, 1965-66 US Army Ranger w/First Air Cavalry Division. After 5 1/2 months of ferocious combat, Schiebler was one of just four soldiers left from the 186 men who were part of his original rifle company. Wounded over 10 times, received four Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for Valor. Fought at the battle of La Drang and only survived himself through a series of what he considers "Miracles".

	Bill Schiebler, of Eden Prairie, received the medal for rescuing a friend stranded behind enemy lines the night of Nov. 2-3, 1965. (MPR Photo/Laura McCallum)

 

 

 

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