Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Orson L. Crandall - USS Squalus Rescue - May 1939

The submarine USS Squalus (SS-192) rested deep beneath the Atlantic after a catastrophic sinking. In the darkness and crushing pressure below, one Navy master diver led the desperate effort to save the crew and recover the submarine.

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Medal of Honor: William Badders - USS Squalus Rescue - May 13, 1939

Deep beneath the Atlantic, the submarine USS Squalus (SS-192) lay crippled on the ocean floor. One Navy diver volunteered for the final rescue descent knowing that if anything went wrong, no one could save him.

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Medal of Honor: Joe M. Jackson - Vietnam War - May 12, 1968

The airstrip at Kham Duc was burning, under enemy fire, and littered with wrecked aircraft and exploding ammunition. One Air Force pilot volunteered to land there anyway to save three stranded Americans.

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Medal of Honor: Charles W. Shea - World War II - May 12, 1944

Three German machine guns stopped the American attack cold on the slopes near Mount Damiano. One young lieutenant crawled forward alone and silenced every one of them.

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Medal of Honor: Robert T. Waugh - World War II - May 11-14, 1944

German bunkers and pillboxes blocked the assault on the Gustav Line in Italy. One lieutenant attacked them alone, bunker by bunker, with grenades and a tommy gun.

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Medal of Honor: Seymour W. Terry - World War II - May 11, 1945

Five Japanese pillboxes pinned down the American assault on Zebra Hill. One officer grabbed satchel charges, charged straight into the fire, and began destroying them one by one.

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Medal of Honor: John R. McKinney - World War II - May 11, 1945

A hundred Japanese soldiers smashed into the American perimeter before dawn on Luzon. One exhausted private stood alone in the darkness and stopped them.