Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Don J. Jenkins – Vietnam War – Republic of Vietnam – January 1969

When his unit was pinned down by a deadly crossfire, he moved forward alone. Under relentless enemy fire, he turned a collapsing fight into a fight that held.

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Medal of Honor: Patrick Henry Brady – Vietnam War – Republic of Vietnam – January 1968

When others were turned back by fog, fire, and wreckage, he flew straight into it. With wounded men waiting and no safe landing in sight, he made the impossible routine.

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Medal of Honor: George Fleming Davis – World War II – Philippines – January 1945

When death came screaming out of the sky, he did not seek shelter. He stood exposed on the bridge, fighting for his ship until the last enemy fell.

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Medal of Honor: Franklin D. Miller – Vietnam War – Kontum Province – January 1970

When his team was shattered deep in enemy territory, he chose to stand alone between them and destruction. Outnumbered, wounded, and surrounded, he fought not to survive—but to ensure his men would.

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Medal of Honor: Kenneth N. Walker (Air Mission) – World War II – New Britain – January 1943

He believed commanders belonged in the air with their crews. By leading from the cockpit, he changed how the air war was fought—and paid the ultimate price.

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Medal of Honor: Isadore S. Jachman – World War II – Belgium – January 1945

When tanks broke through and fire pinned his company to the ground, he chose action over survival. Crossing open ground alone, he turned himself into the line that stopped the attack.

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Medal of Honor: George B. Turner – World War II – France – January 1945

Cut off from his own unit, he stood alone in the street against tanks and infantry. With borrowed weapons and unyielding resolve, he turned a collapsing defense into survival and victory