George Boyce, an Army Lieutenant received the Medal of Honor for his actions this day in New Guinea, where he threw himself on a grenade to save his men’s lives. From Cornwall, NY, Boyce is buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.  Read his Medal of Honor citation and honor and remember him.

Leonard Mason, USMC, received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership during the liberation of Guam. Mason single-handedly reduced a Japanese defensive position, freeing pinned down Marines to move forward.  Read his Medal of Honor citation and honor and remember him. Parenthetically, I was amazed to learn that pith helmets were still a uniform items for Marine officers in … Read More

Donald Lobaugh received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership on this day in New Guinea, when he singlehandedly knocked out a Japanese machine gun emplacement, saving 39 Americans pinned down by enemy fire. Honor and remember him! Lobaugh was a tough kid who got into a lot of trouble when he was a kid, going to reform school … Read More

William Dean received the Medal of Honor in Korea, when he led the 24th Division in a last ditch stand at Taejon, during the battles around the Pusan perimeter, fighting on the front lines until he was injured and captured. He was a North Korean prisoner of war for three years. Honor and remember him.  Dean tried to join the … Read More

American ingenuity and dedication led to firs man on the moon today. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!”

John Henry Balch received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership at Belleau Wood, when, serving as a Navy Corpsman, he exposed himself to enemy fire to treat wounded Marines. He was wounded at Belleau Wood but went back to his unit and fought again in October 1981, when he was credited for carrying wounded Marines to safety. Balch … Read More

On July 16, 1944, Thomas Howie was ordered to lead his troops to relieve their brother battalion of the 116th Infantry Regiment, which has been surrounded by Germans, and to liberate St Lo in Normandy. Howie was a well respected officer who had graduated from the Citadel and then taught and coached football in Virginia. A National Guardsman, he went … Read More

David Waybur, an Army lieutenant, received the Medal of Honor for actions this day while fighting off three Italian tanks in the course of relieving a group of cut off Rangers.  He was wounded, but stayed in the fight, killing the crew of one enemy tank personally with his Thompson submachine gun, and then leading the rest of his men … Read More

Dale Christensen, an Army Lieutenant with the 112th Cavalry earned the Medal of Honor for his sustained leadership in close combat against Japanese forces in New Guinea. He destroyed five machine gun nests while on a lone recon, then returned to lead his platoon in knocking out a further ten Japanese gun emplacements. Honor and remember him!

Kazuo Otani received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic leadership on this day in 1944. Otani’s platoon was pinned down by a German ambush in Italy. He rallied the platoon, organizing an effective counter-attack, and dragging a wounded soldier to safety, before he was cut down. Honor and remember him!