Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Arthur J. Jackson Rank, World War II, September 18, 1944

On Peleliuâ€™s blistering battlefield, one Marine charged alone into a nest of fortified positions. With fire and grenades, Arthur Jackson silenced twelve pillboxes and turned the tide of battle.

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Medal of Honor: Melvin Morris, Vietnam War, September 17, 1969

With fire tearing all around him, Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris pushed forward, refusing to leave a fallen brother behind. Wounded three times, he still carried the fightâ€”and his comradesâ€”to safety.

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Medal of Honor: Herbert K. Pililaau, Korean War, September 17, 1951

He fought to the last breath, standing alone on Heartbreak Ridge. Herbert K. Pililaau, a son of Hawaii, gave his life so that his platoon could live.

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Medal of Honor: Walter C. Monegan, Jr. Korean War - September 17 & 20, 1950

In the desperate fighting around Seoul during the Inchon campaign, PFC Walter C. Monegan, Jr., a Marine rocket gunner, stood in the path of advancing North Korean tanks. On September 17, he moved forward under heavy automatic weapons fire.

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Medal of Honor: Donald K. Schwab, World War II, 17 September 1944

Schwabâ€™s actions in Lure did more than silence a single strongpoint. They embodied the grit of the citizen-soldiers of the U.S. Armyâ€”ordinary men who, in extraordinary moments, chose valor over fear.

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Medal of Honor: Harold O. Messerschmidt, World War Two, September 1944

The enemy pressed closer, and Messerschmidt was struck down by a burst of automatic fire. Yet he refused to yield. Rising to his feet despite serious wounds, he leveled his submachine gun at the oncoming attackers.

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Medal of Honor: Francis J. Clark, World War Two, 12 September 1944

The autumn of 1944 found the men of the 28th Infantry Division locked in a desperate contest along the Luxembourg-Germany frontier. Rain, fog, and bitter enemy fire turned every crossing, every hilltop, into a place where survival was uncertain.