Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: John Vincent Power – World War II – Marshall Islands – February 1944

Wounded and bleeding on the sand, he refused to fall back. With one hand holding his life in place, he charged straight into the enemy’s fire.

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Medal of Honor: Alton W. Knappenberger – World War II – Italy – February 1944

When a battalion reeled under counterattack, one rifleman refused to yield the ground. From an exposed knoll, he broke the enemy’s momentum with calm, deadly resolve.

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Medal of Honor: Richard Beatty Anderson – World War II – Marshall Islands – February 1944

When a single instant demanded a final choice, he chose his brothers. In a shell crater on Roi Island, self-sacrifice became the shield that saved others.

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Medal of Honor: Richard A. Penry – Vietnam War – Binh Tuy Province – January 1970

When his platoon was shattered in darkness, leadership fell to the one man still moving. Through fire, confusion, and blood, he became the link that held the company together.

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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.