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

Stephen Doane earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in Vietnam, on this day 45 years ago, when he destroyed an enemy bunker while also absorbing the grenade blast himself, allowing his pinned down platoon to maneuver out of the ambush area and save wounded Americans. Honor and remember him! Doane, a native of Beverly, Massachusetts and Albany, New York, was … Read More

Harry Martin earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on Iwo Jima when he rallied his Marines on the night of March 24-25, 1945, to defeat the last banzai charge of the war, days after the island had been declared secured.

James Gavin born on this day. A great American!

Edward Carter earned the Medal of Honor on this day in 1945. The Medal was bestowed posthumously in 1996.   A missionaries’ son, Carter grew up in India and  Shanghai, China, was fluent in four languages and fought in China against the Japanese and in Spain for the republican cause before going the US Army in 1942.  Carter volunteered for … Read More

Charles Hosking earned the Medal of Honor posthumously in Vietnam, when he shielded fellow Americans from a grenade blast with his own body. Honor and remember him! Hosking had served, briefly, in the Canadian Army when he was sixteen years old, before going the Coast Guard and then the United States Army during World War II. He was serving as … Read More