Paratrooper Joel Mann earned the Medal of Honor posthumously during Operation Market Garden, when he single-handedly destroyed a German gun emplacement, was wounded but stayed on the line, and then smothered a potato masher grenade the next morning to save his buddies’ lives.  Read his Medal of Honor citation to honor and remember Joe Mann! 

PFC Arthur Jackson earned the Medal of Honor for a ferocious one man assault on Peleliu in which he destroyed twelve pill boxes and killed over 50 Japanese soldiers.

Battle of Antietam, where the Union narrowly defeated the Confederacy and stopped Lee’s push through Maryland.

The US constitution was signed on this day in 1787.

First Lieutenant Carlton Rouh earned the Medal of Honor for saving several Marines lives by throwing himself on a grenade at Peleliu. Read his Medal of Honor citation to honor and remember him.

Marine Colonel “Red Mike” Edson received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership on Guadalcanal. Read his Medal of Honor citation to honor and remember him. 

Army Lieutenant Edgar Lloyd received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership in fighting off a German counter-аttасk.. Read his Medal of Honor citation to honor and remember him. 

Kenneth Bailey, a Marine Raider Company Commander, received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic leadership defending Henderson Field.

Francis Scott Key witnesses the British assault on Fort McHenry and notes that the American flag was still flying at daybreak, inspiring him to write the national anthem.