Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Joseph Vittori, Korean War, 15–16 September 1951

As his company pressed a desperate assault against heavily entrenched enemy positions, the men were suddenly slammed by a savage counterattack.

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Medal of Honor: Arthur Murray Preston, Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island, 16 September 1944

In the shadow of enemy guns, courage becomes the only compass. On the night of 16 September 1944, Lieutenant Arthur Murray Preston, commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 33, faced one of the Pacific War’s most harrowing challenges.

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Medal of Honor: Baldomero López Korean War, Inchon Landing, Korea – 15 September 1950

The roar of naval guns still echoed across Inchon’s seawalls as the Marines stormed ashore. Among them was First Lieutenant Baldomero López, a young officer from Tampa, Florida, leading his platoon into the teeth of enemy fire.

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Medal of Honor: John Lucian Smith World War II – Solomon Islands, August–September 1942

Major Smith was more than a commander—he was the embodiment of the Marine Corps fighting ethos: daring, decisive, and unyielding. His courage in the air helped turn the tide of one of the most desperate battles of the Pacific War.

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Medal of Honor: Carlton Robert Rouh, World War II – Peleliu, 15 September 1944

Peleliu was one of the most ferocious in the Pacific, a crucible of fire where Marines clawed their way across coral ridges under blistering Japanese fire. Among those who landed that day with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, was First Lieutenant Carlton R

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Medal of Honor: Lewis Kenneth Bausell, World War II, Peleliu, 15 September 1944

The beaches of Peleliu were a furnace of fire, swept by machine guns and mortars as Marines of the 1st Division stormed ashore in one of the Pacific’s bloodiest battles.

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Medal of Honor: Emory J. Pike, World War I, September 15, 1918

Then a shell struck close, wounding one of his soldiers. Without hesitation, Pike rushed forward to help him. Another shell burst in the same spot, tearing into Pike himself. Gravely wounded, he refused to relinquish command.