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FORMER MANTECA HIGH STUDENT IS IN MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM
Footage of Sammy Davis being awarded the Medal of Honor by President Johnson is part of new museum in Arlington
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Sgt. Sammy Lee Davis receives the Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B. Johnson on Nov. 19, 1968.
The “real Forrest Gump” played left tackle for the Manteca High Buffaloes. Sammy Davis — a former Manteca High student and San Joaquin County native — is in arguably the most widely viewed footage of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient being presented his medal by a President.