As waves of Japanese troops closed in on Leyte’s beachhead, Private Harold H. Moon Jr. refused to fall back—his lone foxhole became the last line between victory and disaster.
When three enemy machine guns pinned down his company on a Korean hillside, Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble didn’t wait for orders—he crawled straight into the fire and took them out himself.
When American troops lay pinned on the bloody sands of Leyte, Captain Francis B. Wai rose alone and led them forward—unarmed, exposed, and utterly fearless.
Cut off on a wooded ridge in France, Staff Sergeant Robert Kuroda fought his way through two machine gun nests alone—refusing to stop until the last gun fell silent.
When fire erupted deep inside the USS Trenton’s forward gun mount, Boatswain’s Mate First Class George Cholister didn’t run from the flames—he ran straight into them.
Hook Line When fire swept through the forward turret of the USS Trenton, Ensign Henry Clay Drexler didn’t hesitate—he charged into the blaze to save his men.
When his platoon was forced to fall back under crushing fire near Kumson, Korea, Sergeant Jack Weinstein stayed behind — alone, outnumbered, and unwilling to yield an inch.
