Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Jack W. Mathis – U.S. Army Air Corps – World War II

Mortally wounded at the start of the bomb run, he refused to fall away. With one arm shattered and life slipping fast, he crawled back to his sight.

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Medal of Honor: Archibald Mathies – U.S. Army Air Corps – World War II

Ordered to abandon a doomed aircraft, he refused. His pilot was still alive—and he would not leave him behind.

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Medal of Honor: Jacklyn Harold Lucas – U.S. Marine Corps – World War II

Four Marines in a ravine. Two grenades at their feet. He chose both.

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Medal of Honor: Anthony Peter Damato – U.S. Marine Corps – World War II

In the darkness of a Pacific island night, a single grenade fell into a foxhole. He did not hesitate.

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Medal of Honor: William R. Lawley, Jr. – U.S. Army Air Corps – World War II

Shot out of formation, controls failing, engines burning, and blood blinding his vision—he refused to abandon his crew. With men too wounded to jump, he chose to bring them home.

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Medal of Honor: Fred William Zabitosky – U.S. Army – Vietnam War

Deep inside enemy territory, surrounded and outnumbered, he refused to abandon his men. Even after surviving a fiery helicopter crash, he went back into the flames

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Medal of Honor: Darrell Samuel Cole – U.S. Marine Corps – World War II

On the black sands of Iwo Jima, pinned beneath relentless fire, one Marine refused to stop advancing. Alone with a pistol and grenades, he went forward again and again.