Evans Army Community Hospital
Fort Carson, CO
June 21, 2006
TriWest celebrates service before self at Army Hospital
Evans Army Community Hospital was the site of a special Visions of Valor exhibit June 20 – July 14, 2006.
During TriWest's opening ceremony, Medal of Honor recipient
Gary Littrell spoke about Specialist Fourth Class
Donald W. Evans, Jr., an Army medic who was killed in Vietnam. Evans, for whom the hospital is named, received a posthumous
Medal of Honor for aiding wounded soldiers while refusing medical treatment for his own mortal injuries. Littrell had a very personal
connection to Fort Carson; he retired from the Army from Fort Carson in 1984.
"A great nation is one that recognizes and remembers its heroes."
– John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Prior to the ceremony, Littrell, along with fellow Medal of Honor recipient
Tommy Norris visited with several wounded soldiers and the families of deployed servicemen and women.