Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Charles Joseph Watters – Vietnam War – November 19, 1967

Unarmed, fearless, and driven only by faith and duty, Chaplain Charles J. Watters ran again and again into a storm of bullets near Dak To — carrying the wounded, comforting the dying, and refusing to stop until he gave his own life doing the same.

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Medal of Honor: Ted Belcher – Vietnam War – November 19, 1966

The jungle went silent for only a heartbeat—just long enough for one man to make an impossible choice. Sergeant Ted Belcher didn’t hesitate. He threw himself on a grenade to save his squad, giving everything so they could live.

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Medal of Honor: Ruben Rivers – World War II – November 15–19, 1944

He refused evacuation. He refused pain. He refused to leave his men. For four days near Guebling, France, Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers fought from the front of his tank—bleeding, unyielding, unstoppable—until the last round was fired.

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Medal of Honor: Andrew Miller – World War II – November 16–29, 1944

Across thirteen brutal days, from Woippy to Metz to the German frontier, one squad leader became a one-man wrecking crew. Staff Sergeant Andrew Miller led from the front, broke the enemy’s will, and gave his life so his men could break through.

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Medal of Honor: Francis X. McGraw – World War II – November 19, 1944

In a battered foxhole outside Schevenhütte, one machine gunner stood alone against a German counterattack. Private First Class Francis X. McGraw refused to yield — fighting until his last round, his last breath, and beyond.

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Medal of Honor: Joseph J. Foss – World War II (Guadalcanal) – October 9 to November 19, 1942; January 15 & 23, 1943

Over the skies of Guadalcanal, one Marine took on impossible odds day after day. Captain Joseph J. Foss turned the air above Henderson Field into a hunting ground — and became one of America’s greatest aces.

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Medal of Honor: Sammy L. Davis – Vietnam War – November 18, 1967

West of Cai Lay, Pfc. Sammy L. Davis fought like a one-man gun crew — manning a burning howitzer alone, crossing a river he couldn’t swim, and dragging three wounded brothers to safety under fire.