On the blood-soaked fields near Vierzy, France, during the brutal Allied offensive of July 1918, Lieutenant Joel T. Boone, a Navy medical officer attached to the 6th Marine Regiment.
In the maelstrom of World War I, few men exemplified courage under fire like John Henry Balch. Serving as a Navy corpsman attached to the battle-hardened 6th Marine Regiment, Balch risked everything
During the blistering jungle heat of Operation HASTINGS, Major Robert J. Modrzejewski led Company K into a dense and enemy-infested region along a critical trail network in northern Quang Tri Province.
In the blistering jungle heat of Quang Tri Province, Second Lieutenant John J. McGinty III found himself and his 32-man platoon at the heart of a violent, four-hour battle against an enemy force estimated to be a full regiment strong.
Evans absorbed the full force of the blast, sacrificing himself to shield his squad from almost certain death or injury. His final act was one of instinctive bravery and pure selflessness
When his battalion's advance was suddenly halted by a well-hidden enemy machine gun nest, the situation grew dire. The terrain offered little cover, and withering fire from multiple enemy positions pinned down the advancing Americans.
On July 18, 1918, during the fierce Allied counteroffensive near Soissons, Private First Class Daniel R. Edwards exhibited extraordinary valor in one of the most grueling and dangerous phases of World War I.
