Marine Robert Wilson received the Medal of Honor posthumously when he jumped on a grenade to save his buddies’ lives. Honor and remember him!

Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish revolutionary, immigrant and Union Civil War general, was born on this day.

Henry Ware Lawton, a captain in the Union Army earned the Medal of Honor for seizing Confederate trenches, and then holding them against two Confederate counter-attacks.Honor and remember him!

Frank Witek received the Medal of Honor for his actions this day in Guam, when he alone faced and overcame an entrenched Japanese position. Honor and remember him!

John Kane, an Army-Air Force colonel and bomber commander, received the Medal of Honor for his leadership during Operation: Tidal Wave, an attack on Romanian oil refineries.  Kane led his bombers on to their target despite the fact that the enemy anti-aircraft gunners had been warned of their approach. He lingered over the target until all of his bombers got … Read More

Lewis Ramage, commanding the USS Parche, received the Medal of Honor for leading a daring surface attack on a Japanese convoy. Ramage accepted the award while noting “that every officer and man whose loyal cooperation and able assistance contributed to the success of the Parche has an equal share in this award which I hold in trust for you.” Honor … Read More

Despite being hit five times, Gerry Kisters advanced on his own initiative to knock out two machine gun nests that were blocking his platoon’s advance in Sicily. He later received the Medal of Honor for his actions. Honor and remember him! Read his Medal of Honor citation:

Frank Petrarca, a medic assigned to the 37th Infantry Division, received the Medal of Honor for his nobility and valor in saving several buddies during the Solomons campaign. Honor and remember him!

Louis Wilson – a future Commandant of the Marine Corps – received the Medal of Honor for his actions this day, leading his company in seizing a key terrain objective on Guam despite having been wounded three times. Honor and remember him!

During the Guam liberation, and despite being badly wounded in the leg during the beach landing, Luther Skaggs, a Marine Private First Class, crawled to a safe position. Applying a tourniquet to his own leg, he continued the fight for eight hours and later received the Medal of Honor for his actions. Honor and remember him!