Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Frederick Edgar Ferguson – Vietnam War – Battle of Huế – 31 January 1968

A city in flames. A helicopter down. Five wounded men trapped deep inside enemy-held Huế. When every warning said turn back, he flew straight into the fire.

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Medal of Honor: Drew Dennis Dix – Vietnam War – Urban Combat – 31 January–1 February 1968

While a provincial capital collapsed under a two-battalion assault, one advisor kept moving—house to house, street to street—pulling civilians out and pushing the enemy back. When defenses shattered, his resolve did not.

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Medal of Honor: Raymond M. Clausen – Vietnam War – Minefield Rescue – 31 January 1970

A helicopter door opened into a minefield—and a young Marine stepped out again and again, knowing any step could be his last. He did not stop until every Marine was coming home.

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Medal of Honor: Carl H. Dodd – Korean War – Hill 256 – January 1951

He led from the front when others faltered—and kept going when night, fog, and fire tried to stop him. Hill 256 fell because one lieutenant refused to slow the attack.

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Medal of Honor: Truman O. Olson – World War II – Italy – January 1944

For more than ninety minutes, alone and mortally wounded, he held the line. His machine gun was the last barrier between his company and annihilation.

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Medal of Honor: Jonah E. Kelley – World War II – Germany – January 1945

Wounded, bleeding, and fighting one-handed, he refused to stop. House by house, grenade by grenade, he broke the last German defenses—at the cost of his life.

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Medal of Honor: Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc – World War II – Solomon Islands – January 1943

Outnumbered, low on fuel, and deep over enemy waters, he chose to stay and fight. In the swirling air battle above the Solomons, he broke attacks, saved the strike force, and turned retreat into victory.