Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: William R. Charette – Korean War – March 27, 1953

He crossed a battlefield again and again to save the wounded under relentless fire. When a grenade landed beside a Marine he was treating, he used his own body as the shield.

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Medal of Honor: Douglas E. Dickey – Vietnam War – March 26, 1967

In the middle of a close jungle firefight, a grenade landed among wounded Marines. One Marine moved without hesitation and chose to take the blast himself.

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Medal of Honor: Stephen Holden Doane – Vietnam War – March 25, 1969

Three soldiers lay trapped under enemy crossfire, one badly wounded. Knowing what it would cost, their platoon leader crawled forward alone.

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Medal of Honor: Walter K. Singleton – Vietnam War – March 24, 1967

He first ran into the kill zone to save the wounded. Then he picked up a machine gun and charged the heart of the enemy line.

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Medal of Honor: Ronald L. Coker – Vietnam War – March 24, 1969

Wounded and alone in the kill zone, he crawled toward a fallen Marine instead of away from danger. Even after catching a grenade in his hands, he refused to let go of his comrade.

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Medal of Honor: William Maud Bryant – Vietnam War – March 24, 1969

Surrounded by three enemy regiments, his force fought through thirty-four hours of relentless attack. Wounded, outnumbered, and under siege, he kept leading from the front until the final moment.

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Medal of Honor: George J. Peters – World War II – March 24, 1945

Fresh from the jump, his unit landed under direct machine-gun fire. Pinned down in an open field, one paratrooper stood up and charged alone.