Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: Master Sergeant Travis E. Watkins War, Korean War, August 31 – September 3, 1950

Cut off, surrounded, and outnumbered ten to one, Master Sergeant Travis Watkins refused to yield. For three days he led thirty men in a desperate stand, turning an impossible fight into one of the most astonishing acts of defiance in the Korean War.

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Medal of Honor: Private First Class Joseph R. Ouellette, Korean War, August 31 – September 3, 1950

Cut off, surrounded, and outnumbered, Pfc. Joseph Ouellette of Lowell, Massachusetts refused to give in. Again and again, he risked his life to bring back water, ammunition, and hope to his men—until the final grenade and bullet claimed him.

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Medal of Honor: Captain Edward C. Krzyzowski, Korean War, August 31 – September 3, 1951

For three days on a Korean hillside, Captain Edward Krzyzowski led his men through fire, blood, and impossible odds. Wounded twice, he refused evacuation, rallying his company until the very moment an enemy sniper claimed his life

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Medal of Honor: Sergeant First Class Eduardo C. Gomez, Korean War, September 3, 1950

Rather than wait for destruction, Gomez made his decision. With complete disregard for his own safety, he crawled across open ground swept by fire, closing the distance to one of the advancing tanks.

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Medal of Honor: Lieutenant Colonel Matt Urban, World War II, June 14 to September 3, 1944

He was called “The Ghost” by the Germans, a man who seemed impossible to kill. Wounded again and again, Matt Urban refused evacuation, returned to the fight, and led from the very front.

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Medal of Honor: Lieutenant Daniel W. Lee, World War II, September 2, 1944

Amid the chaos of battle in France, one young lieutenant chose pain over retreat, dragging his shattered body forward into the teeth of the enemy.

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Medal of Honor: José Rodela, Vietnam War, September 1, 1969

In the crucible of Vietnam’s jungles, when his men were surrounded and battered by wave after wave of enemy fire, one Special Forces leader refused to falter. Sergeant First Class José Rodela.