Battle of Shiloh on this day. Honor and remember.

Sadao Munemori, a Private First Class in the 100th Infantry Battalion, known as the “Go For Broke” unit made up of Japanese-Americans, earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Italy, when he made numerous single-man rushes on German machine gun nests that had pinned down his company. Honor and remember him! Munemori had knocked out two positions … Read More

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.

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!