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11/19/2011
Medal of Honor Recipients
Jack Jacobs and Allen J. Lynch
Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
Third Edition
To celebrate the release of the third edition of
Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
, two of the Medal of Honor recipients profiled in the book...
7/21/2011
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Walter D. Ehlers
U.S. Army, World War II
Walter Ehlers led his unit through the beach at Normandy and eight miles inland, where they destroyed several machine-gun nests and severely weakened the German defenses...
4/7/2011
James E. Livingston
Noble Warrior:
The Life and Times of Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.) Medal of Honor
In one ferocious battle after another, without a moment's rest between the defense of a key bridge and an assault on an enemy-held village, Echo Company...
12/14/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Salvatore A. Giunta
U.S. Army, Afghanistan
On November 16, 2010, President Barack Obama presented Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta with the Medal of Honor. He is the first living recipient of the Medal...
6/29/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Jon R. Cavaiani
U.S. Army, Vietnam
For his first few months in Vietnam, Staff Sgt. Cavaiani felt like the war was passing him by. But when the war found him, Cavaiani was ready to prove his courage...
6/10/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Alfred V. Rascon
U.S. Army, Vietnam
Almost 34 years after what he described as "ten minutes of hell", a heroic medic would finally receive his due. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Alfred Rascon moved...
5/20/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Walter J. Marm
U.S. Army, Vietnam
Where a direct hit from a bazooka failed, the courage and determination of one man would win the day. A Pennsylvania native, Marm was assigned to the...
4/22/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Robert M. Patterson
Sp4c. Patterson woke up in a bomb crater with no memory of how he got there. His fellow soldiers recalled it clearly, though: he'd earned the Medal of Honor...
3/4/2010
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Harold A. Fritz
Had anyone heard the call for help? There was no way to know - the radio was too badly damaged to be sure if his message had been received. Meanwhile, his
11/19/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Michael Thornton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam
Lt. Thomas Norris had a dangerous mission to complete, and he had his pick of men to join him. He chose a 23 year old Navy SEAL named Michael ...
9/16/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Robert D. Maxwell, U.S. Army, World War II
For more than 65 years, he has carried a message wherever he goes. In World War II, the messages were between the command post and the front lines ...
5/21/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Donald E. Ballard
When the first grenade landed near them, "Doc" Ballard was able to grab it and throw it away. But when the second came, he knew he didn't have enough time ...
4/21/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Richard A. Pittman
Eyesight was never one of Richard Pittman's strong points. But when he heard his fellow Marines under attack, the sound told him exactly where to go ...
3/27/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Commit to Courage
The Medal of Honor is America's highest military award for valor in combat against an enemy force. It is reserved for those moments after the outcome ...
3/23/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
James A. Taylor
First Lt. James A. Taylor was serving in South Vietnam as Executive Officer of B Troop, First Cavalry, Americal Division on November 8, 1967 when he was ...
3/23/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Robert R. Ingram
March 28, 1966. It was called "Operation Indiana", a blocking mission in the Quang Ngai Province of Vietnam. When C Company, First Battalion, 7th Marines ...
2/26/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Paul W. Bucha
He went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky with orders to select and train a company of soldiers for service in Vietnam. Like most young company commanders ...
1/29/2009
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Thomas R Norris
U.S. Navy, Vietnam
For three years, it was a secret that Tom Norris had participated in one of the most difficult and dangerous rescues ever attempted in the Vietnam War. Since...
12/11/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
John F. Baker, Jr
John Baker had been a gymnast in high school before he joined the Army. One day, near Tay Ninh Province in South Vietnam, he put the first lesson of gymnastics
10/15/2008
Medal of Honor
Documentary Film Preview
The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring. The medal, dating ...
5/22/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Thomas G. Kelley
It was the worst possible time to break down. On June 15, 1969, Lt. Thomas G. Kelley was leading a column of eight Navy river assault craft along the rivers and ...
4/22/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Bruce P. Crandall
He is the most recent living recipient of America's highest award for military valor. In a ceremony at the White House in 2007, more than 41 years after his ...
3/20/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
James E. Livingston
In one ferocious battle after another, without a moment's rest between the defense of a key bridge and an assault on an enemy-held village, Echo Company ...
2/21/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Brain M. Thacker
One soldier had to stay behind. The small observation team at Fire Base 6 was under heavy fire and vastly outnumbered, and two helicopters were shot down ...
1/24/2008
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Hershel "Woody" Williams
Five foot six was too short for the Marines in the fall of 1942, and barely tall enough a few months later; on the island of Iwo Jima, with the American forces taking ...
12/5/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Walter D. Ehlers
Leadership came naturally to the young Kansas native, newly promoted to Staff Sergeant on the eve of the landing at Normandy...
11/7/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Patrick H. Brady
For all of the money and development hours that go into best-selling video games, the virtual world still hasn't caught up with what Patrick Brady did with a real-life ...
9/13/2007
Medal of Honor: Allen Lynch
Allen J. Lynch
To his fellow soldiers, Illinois native Allen Lynch is a hero; to the enemy force that ambushed his battalion in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, he was a nightmare ...
7/18/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Roger Donlon, U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Roger Donlon served 32 years of his life in uniform rising to the rank of colonel. A leader in so many ways, he was the first Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War, ...
6/28/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Ronald E. Rosser, U.S. Army, Korean War
In the bitter cold of January 1952, then-Army Corporal Ronald E. Rosser of Roseville, Ohio, earned the nation's highest award while serving as a forward observer for ...
5/17/2007
2009 Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Convention
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Announcement of Chicago as Host City for the Prestigious Congressional Medal of Honor Society's 2009 Convention. Mayor Richard M. Daley, Hon. Chairma...
3/22/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Leo K. Thorsness
While on a "Wild Weasel" surface-to-air missile suppression mission over North Vietnam on April 19, 1967, then-Maj. Thorsness did the unthinkable ...
2/23/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Thomas J. Hudner Jr.
On December 4, 1950, Lt. Thomas J. Hudner Jr. was flying a ground support mission in his F4U Corsair as the wingman to Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the Navy's first...
1/19/2007
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Harvey C. "Barney" Barnum, Jr.
Mr. Barnum was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs on 23 July, 2001. In this capacity he is responsible for all matters ...
11/16/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
WWII Museum; New Orleans, LA
MEDAL OF HONOR SERIES with Ed Tracy. The Pritzker Military Library's Executive Producer, Ed Tracy, hosts a live interview with three of America's most
11/9/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Michael Thornton & Thomas Norris
Thomas R. Norris was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His family moved to Wisconsin and later to the Washington, D.C. area, where Norris attended the University of ?
7/27/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Robert Howard
Colonel Howard served five tours in Vietnam and is the only soldier in our nation's history to be nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor hree times for ...
6/15/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
George "Bud" Day
George E. "Bud" Day is the nation's most highly decorated soldier since General Douglas MacArthur. In a military career spanning 34 years and 3 wars, Day ...
3/16/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Paul Bucha
In March 1968, in the weeks following the Tet Offensive, Captain Bucha and his company found themselves surrounded and cutoff by a North Vietnamese ...
1/12/2006
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Gary L. Littrell
In April 1970, while serving as an Infantry advisor in Vietnam, Sergeant Littrell was thrust in to command of a battalion of South Vietnamese Rangers in defending ...
10/27/2005
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
COL. Wesley L. Fox, USMC (Ret.)
While serving as a rifle company commander with the Third Marine Division in 1969, Fox was twice wounded in a vicious battle during Operation Dewey Canyon ...
3/2/2005
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Sammy Davis
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Davis (then Pfc.) distinguished himself during the early ?
6/16/2004
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Drew Dix
Wednesday, June 16th, 2004 Ed Tracy spoke with Drew Dix, the first enlisted man in Special Forces to have been awarded the Medal of Honor. He received a direct ...
4/14/2004
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Allen J. Lynch
Awarded with the Medal of Honor by the United States Congress for daring, unselfish acts of bravery in Vietnam, Allen J. Lynch tells a captivating, "room ...
3/3/2004
COL Jack H. Jacobs, USA (Ret.)
Leadership in the Military and Business
COL John Jacobs USA (Ret.) earned the Medal of Honor in 1969 for exceptional heroism on the battlefield in Vietnam. He also holds three Bronze Stars and two ...
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