Michael McKeever earned the Medal of Honor in the Civil War when, while scouting for the Union Army, he charged a Confederate cavalry force, driving off six times the number of their own force.  Born in Ireland, McKeever, enlisted in Company K, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Cameron Dragoons, on September 9, 1861 and eventually rose to the … Read More

I am thinking about Gordon Yntema today, a Sergeant with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam, who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously OTD when he led two platoons of irregular troops in a two day battle against the Viet Cong, wielding his rifle as a club when he ran out of ammunition and refusing to surrender. Yntema grew … Read More

Happy birthday Benjamin Franklin!

Tell your fellow Americans about, Jose Calugas, a member of the Philippine Scouts, who earned the Medal of Honor during the siege of Bataan, running 1000 yards across machine gun swept open ground to get a field gun back in action. Rallying the men around the gun, he defended the position all day, allowing the Americans and Filipinos to reorganize … Read More

Donald P Slot received the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Vietnam, when he smothered an enemy booby trap to his body to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. A machine-gunner with the American Division, Sloat was part of a patrol, on elf whose members triggered a booby-trap grenade. Sloat grabbed the explosive and covered it with … Read More

Arther Beyer, a child of Luxembourgian immigrants, earned the Medal of Honor his his heroic leadership during World War II, when he attacked two fortified German positions single-handedly, silencing two machine guns, killing eight Germans and capturing 18 prisoners. Please honor and remember him! 

Amazing story to write about today. This is the kind of story we should tell our kids about today and tomorrow if we want to perpetuate patriotism in our country. Cole Hood will be laid to rest tomorrow in Canton, Georgia, 78 years after he went missing in the Battle of the Bulge. Honor and remember him and the 10,300 … Read More

William Shomo shot down seven Japanese planes in one day and earned the Medal of Honor in early 1945. Shomo was a Captain in the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, flying over New Guinea in support of MacArthur’s drive back to the Philippines. Shomo trained as a mortician before the War before going the Army Air Force in August 1941. His … Read More

Alexander Nininger earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership during the defense of Bataan in the Philippines in the early days of World War II. He was the first American soldier to earn the MOH in the War. Honor and remember him! Nininger led a one man charge into the heart of a Japanese attack, knocking Japanese snipers … Read More

James Howard, who was the only American pilot to earn the Medal of Honor over Europe in World War II. On January 11, 1944, he showed incredible leadership when he attacked over 30 German fighter in order to defending a flight of B-17 bombers.  Howard shot down up to six Germans that day and continued to engage the enemy even … Read More