Thinking about Franklin Miller today, an Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant, earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership in fighting off an attack on his long range patrol in Laos.  When one of his Montagnard soldiers set off a booby trap and alerted the nearby NVA, Miller moved the patrol to a safe area and then single-handedly attacked … Read More

Isadore Jachman, an American paratrooper, earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for defending the town of Flamierge, Belgium from a German attack on January 4, 1945. Honor and remember him! Jachman, who was Jewish, had been born in Berlin in 1922, moving to Baltimore when he was two years old. Six of Jachman’s aunts and uncles were murdered in the … Read More

Thinking obout “Paulie” Nash today, who earned the Medal of Honor posthumously 65 years ago when he threw himself on a grenade and saved the lives of his fellow soldiers. Honor and remember him! Nash was from Whitesville, KY and was drafted after high school. He was proud to serve in Vietnam, thinking it was “the right thing to do.” … Read More

Forrest Vosler received the Medal of Honor for his leadership on this day over Europe, when he stayed at his post despite being badly  wounded when his B-17 was hit by flak, working the radio set though blinded, refusing medical assistance & saving the tail gunner’s life when they plane ditched in the Channel.  Vosler was on only his fourth … Read More

Eli Whitely earned the Medal of Honor for leading his platoon in house to house fighting against entrenched German troops, despite being severely wounded. He killed five Germans, captured 23 and broke through the point of enemy resistance, allowing follow on troops to push through the town. Honor and remember him. 

Delbert Jennings earned the Medal of Honor in 1966 in Vietnam, fighting against an NVA regiment. Leaping to a machine gun, he poured devastating fire on the NVA & then rescued eight wounded Americans trapped behind enemy forces. Honor & remember him!

This is Conrad Heyer in his middle age. When he was a young man, he and 2400 other Americans crossed the Delaware with George Washington, defeating the Hessians the next morning. Honor and remember the 2400 Americans who crossed this night, 248 years ago, three of whom died in the action.  DonSurber tells the story better than I could. Celebrate … Read More

Continuing the remembrance theme for Christmas week, Melvin Earl “Bud” Biddle earned the Medal of Honor on this day during the Battle of the Bulge, when he recon’ed the German lines alone, killed three snipers, & knocked out a machine gun nest.  For his leadership that day, Biddle received the Medal of Honor on October 30, 1945. This is the … Read More