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In the dark, humid hours before dawn on Okinawa, the American line around Kakazu Ridge was little more than a jagged string of foxholes and shattered stone. Technical Sergeant Beauford “Andy” Anderson and the men of his weapons platoon had spent the night listening to the island—distant artillery rumbled, mortars coughed, and now and then a Japanese flare turned the terraced fields silver for a heartbeat before dropp
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
The hill had a simple name on the map—Zebra Hill—but nothing about it was simple up close. Ahead of the assault troops the ground rose in a broken, rocky slope, pocked with shell holes and scraps of shattered brush. Hidden in that terrain were Japanese pillboxes and trenches positioned to command every approach. As the American infantrymen pushed forward, the hillside erupted with machine-gun bursts and grenades, tur
How a 22-year-old automatic rifleman kept firing after losing both legs, and saved his platoon in the Philippine mountains of 1945.
George Taro "Joe" Sakato — Private U.S. Army World War II Hill 617 near Biffontaine, France
John P. Hughey — Corporal U.S. Army Civil War Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA
Joseph Jacob Foss — Captain U.S. Marine Corps Reserve World War II Over Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. — Major U.S. Army Air Corps World War II over Luzon, Philippine Islands
Thomas Patrick Payne — Sergeant First Class U.S. Army Operation Inherent Resolve Kirkuk Province, Iraq
Unknown Soldier of United States — Unknown Unknown World War II Not documented
A Medal of Honor story of relentless leadership under fire in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
How a 22-year-old automatic rifleman kept firing after losing both legs, and saved his platoon in the Philippine mountains of 1945.
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific War.
A Medal of Honor story of stubborn courage under fire in the Pacific War.
How a 23-year-old pilot kept a burning Flying Fortress in the air long enough to save his crew over Nazi-occupied Europe.
How a Marine Corps fighter pilot sank a destroyer, then picked up a rifle to defend a tiny atoll at the dawn of World War II.
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
A story of a risky harbor landing, brutal tides, and how it broke a grinding stalemate in Korea.