CPO John Finn (Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay) Oahu, Hawaii 07DEC1941
07DEC1941: As Japanese plans attacked in the early morning, Chief Petty Officer John Finn hurried to the airfield where he was responsible for maintaining the weapons of naval aircraft. As the Ameri...
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SGT Thomas Baker (A/1-105 IN, 27th ID) Battle of Saipan 19JUN-07JUL1944
19JUN-07JUL1944: For continually taking on and destroying sizable enemy forces during the Battle of Saipan, SGT Thomas Baker would be awarded the Medal of Honor. With his unit hung up during on offen...
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1LT Roger Smith (B/1-4 Marines) Battle of Guam, 21JUL1944
21JUL1944: Serving as a mortar platoon, 1LT Roger Smith hit the beach with his mortar platoon right behind the advancing infantrymen. Identifying a wounded Marine lying close to a hostile pillbox, he...
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LT Michael Murphy (U.S. Navy SEALs) Kunar, Afghanistan 28JUN2005
28JUL2005: LT Michael Murphy was leading his team of four Navy SEALS as Operation Red Wing kicked off. Inserted deep into enemy territory, LT Murphy and his team were tasked with surveillance and rec...
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2LT Audie Murphy (B/1-15 IN, 3rd ID) Holtzwihr, France 26JAN1945
26JAN1945: His unit's strength dropping from 235 to 18, 2LT Audie Murfphy found himself the only officer in Bravo Company, 1-15IN as a German counterattack unfolded near Holtzwihr, France. 2LT Murphy,...
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SSG David Bellavia (A/2-2IN, 1st ID) Fallujah, Iraq 10NOV2004
10NOV2004: Serving as a squad leader during the Second Battle of Fallujah, SSG David Bellavia's unit was tasked with clearing a series of fortified enemy positions within the city. As his squad enter...
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CPL Jason Dunham (K/3-7 Marines, 1st Marine Division) Husaybah, Iraq 14APR2004
14APR2004: Serving as a rifle squad leader in Husaybah, Iraq, CPL Dunham's team was called upon when his battalion commander's convoy was ambushed. As the approached the scene, CPL Dunham dismounted ...
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PVT Rodger Young (148th IN, 37th ID) New Georgia, Solomon Islands 31JUL1943
31JUL1943: PVT Rodger Young, serving as an infantryman during the Battle of Munda Point in the New Georgia Campaign, was on a patrol when his platoon came under intense from an enemy machine gun empla...
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