Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Iraq, when he led outnumbered American soldiers against a determined and overwhelming Iraqi force. He was killed while manning a .50 cal in the open, beating back the enemy troops. Honor and remember him!

Walter Wetzel earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Germany, when he alerted and rallied his fellow soldiers to an impending attack, and then threw himself on a German grenade to save his buddies lives. We should honor and remember him today.  Wetzel was part of the 8th Infantry Division, which had fought from Normandy through to … Read More

Marine Captain John Ripley earned the Navy Cross on this day in 1972, when he swung hand-over-hand under the Dong Ha Bridge, setting charges to blow the span and block a North Vietnamese column during the Easter Offensive. He carried crimping charges in his teeth and dodged enemy fire to set 500 pounds of explosives. A legend in the Marine … Read More

American forces launch Operation: Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa OTD in 1945. Honor and remember the 12,500 Americans who died in this campaign.

Brian Miles Thacker earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, when he rallied his men to fight off an NVA attack on his firebase.  Thacker was serving as a forward observer with a small force of South Vietnamese soldiers when they came under attack by a much larger North Vietnamese force. Despite being heavily … Read More

John Bobo earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Vietnam, when he rallied Marines in the face of an overwhelming North Vietnamese attack on this battalion. Bobo encouraged Marines, moving in the open, then picked up a discarded rocket launcher and formed a team that took out enemy machine gun nests. He was wounded and his leg … Read More

Honor and remember!

Daniel Matthews earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in Korea when he single-handedly attacked an enemy machine gun post that was preventing the evacuation of a wounded Marine. Honor and remember him!

Clinton Hedrick earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in Germany, when he charged through enemy fire during Operation: Varsity to defeat numerous enemy groups, and then covered the withdrawal of Americans after being ambushed. Honor and remember him!

I am thinking about a young Marine, Douglas Dickey, who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Vietnam, when he threw himself on a Viet Cong grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines. He was born in Greenville, Ohio and was 21 years old when he was killed in action. Honor and remember him! Read … Read More