A SCRATCHY prerecorded message crackled over American Armed Forces radio in Saigon 50 years ago, announcing the temperature was "105 degrees and rising", before playing a snippet of White Christmas.

Staff Sgt. Jimmy Stewart held the line alone during a deadly assault in Vietnam, saving five wounded men before being killed ...

Now suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, George is in hospice care at the Veterans Home in King in Waupaca County.