It feels like a good day for a TR quote… It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and … Read More

“We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests –  to investigate whatever aroused curiosity.” – Orville Wright

Roy Harmon received the Medal of Honor on this day, when he rushed two German machine gun emplacements, despite being wounded himself. Honor and remember him. 

Gerald Endl earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in New Guinea when he held off a Japanese attack single-handedly, covering the evacuation if wounded soldiers. He was killed while carrying the last wounded man to safety. Honor and remember him!

Ensign John Parle, United States Navy, saved many fellow Americans during the invasion of Sicily, sacrificing his body to extinguish a fire on an ammunition ship, later receiving the Medal Of Honor for his actions. Honor and remember him!

Donald Pucket earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in a raid over Romania in 1944.  The US Army Air Corps waged a sustained bombing campaign against Romanian oil fields and refiners from 1943 onward in order deprive the Axis powers. Pucket commanded his B-24 Liberator on one such raid on July 9, 1944. When his plane was damaged, Pucket calmly … Read More

Marine Corps Sergeant Grant Timmerman received the Medal of Honor for his actions this day in Saipan, where he exposed himself to enemy fire repeatedly and then blocked a Japanese grenade blast with his body. Honor and remember him.

On this day, two young Army soldiers from Troy, New York earned the Medal of Honor within hours of each other at the Battle of Saipan, in intense combat against the Japanese. Honor and remember them!

Bruce Avery Van Voorhis received the Medal of Honor for his actions this day in conducting a lone, long-range bombing mission in a Catalina-PBY that spoiled an surprise attack by Japanese forces in the Solomons. Honor and remember him!

Frank Ono, part of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of Japanese-Americans, received the Medal of Honor for his leadership on July 4, 1944. When his platoon attacked a heavily defended hill, Ono repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to move the assault forward or to defend against counter-attacks. Ono survived the war. he received the Distinguished Service … Read More