Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Don C. Faith Jr. – Korean War – November 27 to December 1, 1950

For five days in the frozen hell of Chosin, a battalion commander led from the front, scouting routes under fire, pushing men across an ice-covered lake, rallying broken units, and personally attacking enemy roadblocks. Wounded, exhausted, and surrounded

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Medal of Honor: Reginald B. Desiderio – Korean War – November 27, 1950

Wounded again and again as enemy forces broke through in the dark, one company commander refused evacuation, rallied his soldiers, and personally counterattacked with rifle, carbine, and grenades — fighting to his last breath to save his men.

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Medal of Honor: Marcario Garcia – World War II – November 27, 1944

Wounded, alone, and under withering fire on a German-held hillside, one infantryman crawled forward by himself and destroyed two machinegun nests — clearing the way for his entire company to advance.

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Medal of Honor: James P. Fleming – Vietnam War – November 26, 1968

With a Special Forces team about to be overrun, one helicopter pilot balanced his Huey on a riverbank under fire — refusing to leave until every man was aboard.

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Medal of Honor: John A. Pittman – Korean War – November 26, 1950

On a frozen Korean hillside, one squad leader charged into enemy fire to take back lost ground — and then threw himself onto a grenade to save his men.

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Medal of Honor: Frank N. Mitchell – Korean War – November 26, 1950

In the frozen mountains near Hansan-ni, one Marine officer stood alone at the very front — fighting with rifle, grenades, and bare hands to save his platoon from annihilation.

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Medal of Honor: Carl V. Sheridan – World War II – November 26, 1944

At the gates of a medieval castle in Germany, one young bazooka gunner stepped into open ground alone — breaking the fortress door under point-blank fire so his company could storm inside.