When North Vietnamese troops stormed his perimeter, Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson refused to yield — he fought from the parapet, bleeding, broken, and unbowed.
Pinned on a lonely slope near Kumhwa, Private First Class Ralph Pomeroy turned a dying stand into a legend — holding the line alone with a burning machine gun in his arms.
When his patrol was shattered by enemy guns, Corporal John Villepigue crawled forward alone through a storm of fire—fighting, killing, and capturing until his company could advance.
When a grenade landed among his team inside the command post, Sergeant Paul Foster didn’t hesitate—he threw down his vest, dove on the grenade, and gave his life to save five Marines.
Bleeding from multiple wounds, Lieutenant Edward Schowalter refused evacuation—leading his men through fire and shrapnel to seize a key enemy trench in Korea.
Outnumbered twelve to one in the skies over Belgium, 2nd Lt. Ralph Talbot fought off enemy fighters, landed his shattered plane to save his wounded observer—and returned alone to base.
Shot through the arm and outnumbered twelve to one, Gunnery Sergeant Robert Robinson cleared his jammed gun with one hand and kept fighting the enemy in the skies over Belgium.
