The Tet Offensive ended on this day in an American victory, having wiped out the Viet Cong, not that the media reported it that way back home.

Happy birthday Chester Nimitz!

Hilliard Willibansks, Medal of Honor, posthumously, on this day, when he provided close air support in a light observation plane to a company of South Vietnamese Rangers. He was shot down on his third pass, as he was firing his M-16 out of his window, having expended all of the ammunition. Honor and remember!

William Travis wrote his famous “Victory or Death!” Letter from the Alamo on this day!

In one of the most iconic moments in American history, five United States Marines raided the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the third day of the liberation of Iwo Jima. 

William J. Grabiarz earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Philippines when he tried to save a wounded officer. Though wounded, Grabriarz shielded the wounded man with his own body, thereby saving his fellow American’s life. Honor and remember William Grabriarz! From Buffalo, New York, Grabriarz was part of the 1st Cavalry Division. While on a scouting mission, Grabriarz … Read More

Again, Founding Fathers and the men who made American possible. Honor and respect to the Baron!

Marine Captain Wesley Fox earned the Medal of Honor for his leadership as a company commander in Vietnam, when he skillfully led his unit in action despite being twice wounded. Fox knocked out one North Vietnamese bunker out personally, then coordinated his company’s attack on a second bunker. He called in air strikes and exposed himself to enemy fire, pressing … Read More

LTJG Barbara Ann Allen became the first female Naval aviator on this day. Tragically, she was killed in a training flight in 1982. Honor and remember her!

The Purple Heart was reinstated by an act of Congress on this day in 1932. Meant in the lineage of George Washington’s Badge of Military Merit, it was awarded to all those wounded in combat since the Great War.