Medal of Honor: Robert Guy Robinson, World War I, October 14, 1918
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Medal of Honor: Robert Guy Robinson, World War I, October 14, 1918

Shot through the arm and outnumbered twelve to one, Gunnery Sergeant Robert Robinson cleared his jammed gun with one hand and kept fighting the enemy in the skies over Belgium.
Medal of Honor: Michael A. Donaldson, World War I, October 14, 1918
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Medal of Honor: Michael A. Donaldson, World War I, October 14, 1918

When his regiment fell back under a storm of German fire, Sergeant Michael Donaldson refused to retreat—he went forward, again and again, to carry the wounded home.
Medal of Honor: Arlo L. Olson, World War II, October 13-27, 1943
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Medal of Honor: Arlo L. Olson, World War II, October 13-27, 1943

Chest-deep in the icy Volturno River, Captain Arlo Olson waded through machine-gun fire to lead his men into battle—one of the 3rd Infantry Division’s boldest combat leaders, whose courage burned until his final breath.
Medal of Honor: James Montross Burt, World War II, October 13-21, 1944
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Medal of Honor: James Montross Burt, World War II, October 13-21, 1944

Amid the smoke and rubble of Wurselen, Captain James M. Burt led from the front—bleeding, exposed, and unyielding—his calm courage holding a fractured battle line together for eight relentless days.
Medal of Honor: William Thomas Perkins Jr., Vietnam War, October 12, 1967
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Medal of Honor: William Thomas Perkins Jr., Vietnam War, October 12, 1967

He carried a camera, not a rifle—but when the grenade landed among his fellow Marines, Corporal William T. Perkins Jr. didn’t hesitate to trade his life for theirs.
Medal of Honor: Ernest E. West, Korean War, October 12, 1952
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Medal of Honor: Ernest E. West, Korean War, October 12, 1952

Blinded in one eye and bleeding from his wounds, he refused to stop—dragging his commander and two fellow soldiers from a Korean hillside under a storm of enemy fire.
Medal of Honor: Samuel S. Coursen, Korean War, October 12, 1950
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Medal of Honor: Samuel S. Coursen, Korean War, October 12, 1950

He charged into an enemy bunker with nothing but courage — and when the smoke cleared, seven enemy lay dead, and one wounded American lived because of him.
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