Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Franklin D. Miller – Vietnam War – Kontum Province – January 1970

When his team was shattered deep in enemy territory, he chose to stand alone between them and destruction. Outnumbered, wounded, and surrounded, he fought not to survive—but to ensure his men would.

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Medal of Honor: Kenneth N. Walker (Air Mission) – World War II – New Britain – January 1943

He believed commanders belonged in the air with their crews. By leading from the cockpit, he changed how the air war was fought—and paid the ultimate price.

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Medal of Honor: Isadore S. Jachman – World War II – Belgium – January 1945

When tanks broke through and fire pinned his company to the ground, he chose action over survival. Crossing open ground alone, he turned himself into the line that stopped the attack.

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Medal of Honor: George B. Turner – World War II – France – January 1945

Cut off from his own unit, he stood alone in the street against tanks and infantry. With borrowed weapons and unyielding resolve, he turned a collapsing defense into survival and victory

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Medal of Honor: Junior D. Edwards – Korean War – Korea – January 1951

When a vital hill was lost under machine-gun fire, he charged alone. Again and again, he rose into the storm—until his courage secured the ground with his life.

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Medal of Honor: Rodney J. T. Yano – Vietnam War – Republic of Vietnam – January 1969

When fire erupted inside a crippled helicopter, he chose to fight the flames with his own body. Gravely wounded and nearly blind, he saved his crew by refusing to let the aircraft become their tomb.

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Medal of Honor: Charles A. MacGillivary – World War II – France – January 1945

In darkness, snow, and close-range combat, he chose to go alone. Against entrenched machineguns, his courage opened the way for his company to advance.