Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Michael J. Crescenz – Vietnam War – November 20, 1968

When his company was pinned down on a deadly hillside in the Hiep Duc Valley, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz refused to let the enemy control the fight — grabbing a machine gun and charging bunker after bunker alone with impossible courage.

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Medal of Honor: George L. Mabry Jr. – World War II – November 20, 1944

In the frozen hell of the Hürtgen Forest, Lieutenant Colonel George L. Mabry Jr. refused to let minefields, traps, or bunkers halt the advance — clearing paths himself, taking prisoners at bayonet point, and breaking the German line through sheer will.

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Medal of Honor: Herschel F. Briles – World War II – November 20, 1944

On a shell-torn slope outside Scherpenseel, Staff Sergeant Herschel F. Briles ran toward burning tanks and incoming fire again and again — risking everything to save his men, halt a German advance, and turn the tide of a failing battle.

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Medal of Honor: William J. Bordelon – World War II – November 20, 1943

On Tarawa’s fire-swept beaches, Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon fought through wounds and withering fire, destroying enemy positions and saving his fellow Marines in the opening moments of one of WWII’s bloodiest battles

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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.