Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Ernest W. Prussman, World War II, September 8, 1944

At just 19 years old, Ernest W. Prussman led his squad into the teeth of German fire in Brittany, France. What he lacked in years, he made up for in courage.

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Medal of Honor: Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis Vietnam War, September 6, 1967

The trenches of Quang Nam were filled with fire and chaos when Sergeant Rodney M. Davis, a son of Macon, Georgia, made the ultimate choice that would immortalize his name among the bravest of the brave.

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Medal of Honor: Corporal Benito Martinez Korean War, September 6, 1952

Corporal Benito Martinez knew what was coming. The enemy was massing for an assault against the forward listening post he manned—an isolated, exposed position ahead of the main line.

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Medal of Honor: Private First Class Alford L. McLaughlin, Korean War, September 4–5, 1952

The Korean hills at night were alive with fire, smoke, and steel. On the forward slopes, far beyond the main American line, a small combat outpost became the stage for an almost impossible stand.

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Medal of Honor: Sergeant First Class Loren R. Kaufman, Korean War, September 4–5, 1950

In the chaos of Korea’s brutal early months, when United Nations forces were clinging desperately to a narrow perimeter around Pusan, heroes emerged whose ferocity and willpower turned the tide of battle

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Medal of Honor: Fernando Luis Garcia, Korean War, September 5, 1952

In the dark, shell-torn hills of Korea, when the night burned with enemy mortars and the air filled with the whistle of grenades, one young Marine from Puerto Rico made a choice that would echo forever.

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Medal of Honor: HM3 Edward C. Benfold Korean War – September 5, 1952

Hospital Corpsman Edward C. Benfold was not armed with a rifle or grenades, but with bandages, morphine, and a voice of calm encouragement. His mission was not to take life, but to save it