Pappy Boyington received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership over the Pacific, leading his Marine fighter squadron against superior Japanese forces and always leading by example. 

General John Burgoyne surrenders to General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga, the key American victory that saved the Revolution and brought the French in to support American.           

Pretty incredible Marine Corps story… Ralph Talbot earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership flying over France in World War I. He was the first Marine aviator to earn the award, but his navigator/observer in the action for which he earned the MoH, Gunnery Sergeant Robert Robinson, also earned the MoH. Talbot joined the Navy from Yale in … Read More

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on this day!

Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor, received a patent for the first gas mask ever created.

Mary Ludwig Hayes, known as Molly Pitcher, who fought in her husband’s place after he was shot down at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, swabbing and loading Continental Army cannons during the American victory, was born on this day.

Samuel Woodfill, an Army legend, received the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership in France in World War I, when he led his company in over running several German machine gun emplacements, killing the enemy with rifle, pistol and pick ax.

America’s top ace of World War II, Richard Bong, earned the Medal of Honor on this day. Bong shot down 40 Japanese planes during the War while flying a P-38 Lightning fighter. Sadly, he was killed while testing a jet fighter in the closing days of the War. Honor and remember him!

Victor Kandle, from Redwood City, California, earned the Medal of Honor in France when he led his platoon in reducing a German strongpoint, and then, on his own, attacked and destroyed a second German defense. He was killed in action two months later and he posthumously received the Medal of Honor.

Joe Foss received the Medal of Honor for his leadership over Guadalcanal in World War II, where he shot down 23 Japanese planes. He later shot down another three enemy planes and became the leading Marine Corps ace of the War.