Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Frank Gaffney, World War I, September 29, 1918

Alone in no man’s land, Frank Gaffney kept fighting. With rifle, grenades, and pistol, he silenced a machine gun, cleared dugouts, and held until reinforcements arrived—with 80 prisoners taken.

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Medal of Honor: Alan Louis Eggers, World War I, September 29, 1918

Cut off, under fire, and trapped behind enemy lines, Alan Eggers refused to hide. With two comrades, he fought all day beside a wrecked tank—rescuing the wounded and holding back the Germans.

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Medal of Honor: Joseph B. Adkinson, World War I, September 29, 1918

With his platoon pinned down by a deadly machine gun, Joseph Adkinson charged alone across open ground. Bayonet in hand, he silenced the gun and captured its crew.

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Medal of Honor : Robert E. Roeder, World War II, September 27–28, 1944

At Mount Battaglia, Robert Roeder refused to abandon his men. Wounded and barely conscious, he propped himself against the command post, rifle in hand, leading until the shell that killed him.

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Medal of Honor: Harold William Bauer, World War II, September–November 1942

Outnumbered, low on fuel, and alone in the skies over Guadalcanal, Harold Bauer refused to turn away. He dove headlong into a squadron of Japanese planes—shooting down four before the sea claimed his fighter.

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Medal of Honor: Freddie Stowers, World War I, September 28, 1918

Tricked by a false surrender and facing devastating fire, Freddie Stowers refused to break. Wounded and dying, he crawled forward urging his men on—his courage capturing Hill 188.

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Medal of Honor: Dwite H. Schaffner, World War I, September 28, 1918

Surrounded on three sides, with his men under relentless attack, Dwite Schaffner stood atop the trench. Grenades in hand and pistol blazing, he turned the tide—and saved his company from destruction.