Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Dale Eugene Wayrynen - Vietnam War - May 18, 1967

In the darkness near Duc Pho, American soldiers moved quietly along a trail while evacuating wounded men from an earlier battle. When enemy fire suddenly erupted at point-blank range, one paratrooper sacrificed himself to save the squad around him.

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Medal of Honor: Jimmy G. Stewart - Vietnam War - May 18, 1966

Before dawn, a North Vietnamese assault smashed into an American perimeter and nearly overran one section of the line. One staff sergeant stood alone against an entire enemy platoon and refused to give ground.

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Medal of Honor: Peter M. Guenette - Vietnam War - May 18, 1968

Deep in the jungle, American paratroopers closed in on a hidden North Vietnamese base camp. In the middle of the firefight, one machine gunner gave his life to save the men fighting beside him.

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Medal of Honor: Bruce Alan Grandstaff - Vietnam War - May 18, 1967

Surrounded near the Cambodian border, an American platoon was trapped under crushing fire from three sides. Wounded again and again, one platoon sergeant refused evacuation and fought until the very end to save his men.

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Medal of Honor: Robert C. Burke - Vietnam War - May 17, 1968

The Marines of Operation ALLEN BROOK were pinned down beside a dry river bed under a storm of enemy fire. One young machine gunner charged the bunkers alone again and again until the battlefield finally fell silent around him.

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Medal of Honor: James Day - Okinawa - May 14-17, 1945

For four days on Sugar Loaf Hill, waves of Japanese soldiers crashed against a tiny Marine position in one of the bloodiest battles of Okinawa. Wounded, outnumbered, and surrounded by the dead, one corporal refused to yield a single foot of ground.

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Medal of Honor: Anund C. Roark - Vietnam War - May 16, 1968

A small rescue force climbed toward a hilltop overrun by enemy fire and exploding grenades. At the height of the battle, one squad leader gave his own life to save the men fighting beside him.