Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Leslie H. Sabo Jr. - Vietnam War - May 10, 1970

Ambushed from every side in Cambodia, he charged into the fire to pull it away from his platoon. Mortally wounded, he still crawled forward and destroyed the bunker that was tearing his men apart.

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Medal of Honor: William David Halyburton Jr. - World War II - May 10, 1945

A wounded Marine lay trapped in an open field swept by Japanese fire on Okinawa. One Navy corpsman crossed the kill zone to reach him â€” and then used his own body as a shield.

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Medal of Honor: Miguel Keith - Vietnam War - May 8, 1970

Already badly wounded, he refused to leave the fight. Instead, he charged directly into enemy attacks again and again to keep his platoon alive.

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Medal of Honor: Milton Ernest Ricketts - World War II - May 8, 1942

The bomb exploded directly beneath his repair station, killing or wounding nearly everyone around him. Mortally wounded himself, he used his last strength to stop the fire before it could consume the ship.

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Medal of Honor: John James Powers - World War II - May 4-8, 1942

He taught his pilots to dive lower for accuracy, knowing it might cost them their lives. Then he climbed into his Dauntless and proved it himself over the Coral Sea.

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Medal of Honor: Anthony L. Krotiak - World War II - May 8, 1945

Five soldiers were trapped together inside an abandoned trench when a grenade landed among them. In the space of a heartbeat, one man chose to die so the others could live.

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Medal of Honor: William E. Hall - World War II - May 7-8, 1942

He dove directly into anti-aircraft fire against a Japanese carrier in the Coral Sea. The next day, wounded and outnumbered, he kept fighting enemy aircraft until the battle was won.