Honor and remember John Lucian Smith!

Honor and remember Francis Clark, Medal of Honor on this day in Luxembourg. Clark survived the War and later became mayor of Salem, NY.

This is an amazing story. Really wish I had more time to write about it, but the Naval History and Heritage Command does a great job: https://www.history.navy.mil/…/submerged-appendectomy.html

Gordon Craig earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in 1950. A son of Brockton, Massachusetts, Craig was part of the 1st Cavalry Divisions reconnaissance company when he threw himself on a North Korean grenade to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. Honor and remember him!

James Logan, Medal of Honor. Honor and remember!

Today I am thinking about Ernest Prussman, who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courage and leadership on this day in Brittany, France when he took part in the Battle of Brest, as part of the 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. American forces were clearing the Brest peninsula, west of the Normandy beaches, in order to open … Read More

Honor and remember Donn Porter, who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Korea for single-handedly fighting off a communist assault, first with small arms and his machine gun, then with a knife. He killed six enemy with the knife before he was killed by an artillery shell.