[1] During this time, he served in Operation Power Pack, the United States military intervention in the Dominican Republic.

Throughout that day and the next, Dix led groups of local fighters in rescuing endangered civilians and driving Viet Cong forces out of buildings in the city.

[1] For these actions, Dix was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson during a ceremony at the White House on January 19, 1969.

In 2000, Dix wrote a memoir about the fight for Chau Phu entitled "The Rescue of River City" (ISBN 978-0970309600).

[5] The President of the United States in the name of the Congress takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Drew Dennis Dix United States Army for service as set forth in the following citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.

Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center.

Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue eight civilian employees located in a building which was under heavy mortar and small-arms fire.

Upon approaching a building, he was subjected to intense automatic rifle and machinegun fire from an unknown number of Viet Cong.

Dix, still on his own volition, assembled a 20-man force and though under intense enemy fire cleared the Viet Cong out of the hotel, theater, and other adjacent buildings within the city.

He then attacked enemy troops who had entered the residence of the Deputy Province Chief and was successful in rescuing the official's wife and children.