Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: William R. Lawley, Jr. – U.S. Army Air Corps – World War II

Shot out of formation, controls failing, engines burning, and blood blinding his vision—he refused to abandon his crew. With men too wounded to jump, he chose to bring them home.

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Medal of Honor: Fred William Zabitosky – U.S. Army – Vietnam War

Deep inside enemy territory, surrounded and outnumbered, he refused to abandon his men. Even after surviving a fiery helicopter crash, he went back into the flames

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Medal of Honor: Darrell Samuel Cole – U.S. Marine Corps – World War II

On the black sands of Iwo Jima, pinned beneath relentless fire, one Marine refused to stop advancing. Alone with a pistol and grenades, he went forward again and again.

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Medal of Honor: Daniel Fernandez – U.S. Army – Vietnam War

In the chaos of an ambush outside Cu Chi, one man saw the grenade before the others did. He didn’t hesitate.

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Medal of Honor: William J. Johnston – U.S. Army – World War II

For two days and two nights, he stood between his company and destruction. Wounded, surrounded, and reported dead — he kept firing.

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Medal of Honor: Rufus G. Herring – U.S. Naval Reserve – World War II

His ship was burning. His officers were dead or dying. Twice wounded, he refused to surrender the helm.

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Medal of Honor: Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg – U.S. Navy – World War II

In the suffocating darkness beneath a sunken ship at Pearl Harbor, he descended into mud and twisted steel knowing the risk. He would not come back up — but his shipmates would.