Happy birthday to the United States Navy!

Jack Pendleton, a Staff Sergeant from Yakima Washington with the 30th Infantry Division, earned the Medal of Honor posthumously by volunteering to lead a squad against a German machine gun nest. Despite being wounded, he pushed on to silence the gun.

United States Navy Admiral Norman Scott received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, when American forces defeated the Japanese attempts to reinforce their Solomon troops. 

Casimir Pulaski, the American Revolution war hero and cavalry commander, was killed on this day during a cavalry charge at the Battle of Savannah. 

Neel Kearby was the first American Air Force pilot to receive the Medal of Honor. A top American ace, he had 22 aerial victories in a P-47. Kearby shot down six Japanese planes in one day on October 11, 1943, the action which earned him the Medal of Honor. Sadly, Kearby was killed over Wewak a year later. 

United States Marine Richard Kraus saved the lives of his fellow devil dogs when he threw himself on a Japanese grenade at Peleliu. Honor and remember a Marine who sacrificed everything for his country and Corps.

Marine Corporal John Pruitt from Fayetteville, AR earned the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War I when he reduced two machine gun positions and took 40 prisoners. He was killed the next day by artillery.

Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Ramadi, Iraq, when he smothered a grenade with his body. Honor and remember him!

Battalion commander Oscar Miller earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, leading his soldiers onwards despite being wounded twice in the arm and leg. He was finally cut down by a third shot, but urged his troops forward to take the objective. He died a few days later and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne … Read More