When no one else dared to cross the fire-swept field, Private First Class Parker Dunn volunteered — and gave his life carrying the message that others could not.
In a split second, Private First Class Milton Olive III chose his brothers over himself — and changed what heroism means forever.
Through the fog and gunfire of France’s Vosges Mountains, Private Barney Hajiro charged up “Suicide Hill” — alone, exposed, and unstoppable.
Pinned down in the Haitian jungle, Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly — already a legend of the Marines — rose from the riverbank and turned back 400 rebels in the dark.
When his company was ambushed in a deadly Korean valley, Medic Richard G. Wilson refused to retreat—he turned back into the fire to save one last man, and never came out.
As waves of Japanese troops closed in on Leyte’s beachhead, Private Harold H. Moon Jr. refused to fall back—his lone foxhole became the last line between victory and disaster.
When three enemy machine guns pinned down his company on a Korean hillside, Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble didn’t wait for orders—he crawled straight into the fire and took them out himself.
