Deming Bronson earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership in World War I on this date, when he refused to be evacuated despite being wounded three times, and led soldiers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. A football player at the University of Washington before the War, he is one of eight UW alumni who earned the Medal of Honor … Read More

Douglas Munro put his small boat between other landing craft and Japanese enemy fire in order cover the withdrawal of 500 Marines from a Guadalcanal beach. When asked if he would lead the mission to save the Marines, he answered “Hell, yes!” Mortally wounded during the action, his dying words were, “did they get off?”  Munro received the Medal of … Read More

John Drury New, a Marine fighting on Peleliu, earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic sacrifice, when he smothered a Japanese grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines. Fighting with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, he had served in the Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester campaigns. The City of Mobile, Alabama, his hometown, named its Medal of Honor Park … Read More

Congress passed the Bill of Rights and sent it to the states for ratification on this date, 234 years ago.  The Bill of Rights clearly guarantees personal rights and freedoms, and puts specific limits on federal power. James Madison was largely responsible for the Bill of Rights.  

This is a guy who I think an Elon Musk or a Tom Brady could only envy or admire. Eddie Rickenbacker, the top American ace of World War I with 26 kills, earned the Medal of Honor for his actions on this day 105 years ago, when he attacked seven German planes, shooting down two of them. Originally a Distinguished … Read More

Platoon Sergeant Joseph Schaefer led his squad in defense against a ferocious German attack, taking the most exposed potion and capturing ten Germans himself. He then led troops in a counter-attack and freed American POW’s. He earned the Medal of Honor, presented in August 1945, and later fought in Korea. Share his story and remember this great American. 

Great Founding Fathers story on this day 247 year ago! John Paul Jones and his ship, the Bonhomme Richard, defeat the Serapis. Jones’ immortal quote when the British captain suggested that he surrender, early in the battle: “”Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!” Honor and remember JP Jones and the crew of the Bonhomme Richard! Men like these … Read More

Ernst Childers, a Creek Indian from Oklahoma, single-handedly killed two snipers, destroyed two machine gun nests and captured a fire support observer while with the 45th Division in Italy 80 years ago. Childers received the Medal of Honor seven months later. 

John Towle jumped into the crossfire at Nijmegen Bridge during Operation: Market Garden, to fire his rocket launcher at German tanks, causing them to withdraw, and a fortified house, killing nine enemy. He was killed by a mortar round moments later, and he received the Medal of Honor posthumously. Tell his story and remember his courage!

Captain Everett Pope led his company in a fierce night long defense against ferocious Japanese counter-attacks, earning the Medal of Honor. #usmc Read his Medal of Honor citation to honor and remember Everett Pope.