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Harold L. Hering (born 1936)[2] is a former officer of the United States Air Force, who was discharged in 1975 for requesting basic information about checks and balances to prevent an unauthorized order to launch nuclear missiles.[3] Hering was subsequently presented the 2017 Courage of Conscience Award at the Peace Abbey, Boston, Massachusetts. Hering served six tours of duty in Vietnam and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Hering received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal[citation needed], and Air Medal with eight Oak leaf clusters[citation needed] for his work in Vietnam flying helicopters.[1] Hering served in the Vietnam War as part of the Air Rescue Service.[3] Twenty-one years into his Air Force career[failed verification], while serving as a Minuteman missile crewman and expecting a promotion to Lieutenant Colonel,[3] he posed the following question during training at Vandenberg Air Force Base in late 1973, at a time when Richard Nixon was president:[4] How can I know

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