Medal of Honor Recipient Articles

Medal of Honor: John F. Baker Jr. – Vietnam War – November 5, 1966

In the jungles of Vietnam, one soldier became a one-man army. Wounded, surrounded, and outgunned, Sergeant John F. Baker Jr. charged through enemy fire again and again — to save his brothers and destroy the enemy.

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Medal of Honor: Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. – Korean War – November 5, 1950

Under the freezing night sky near Chonghyon, Korea, one soldier stood his ground as the enemy poured over the ridge. Wounded and alone, Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. wrapped one arm around a tree and kept firing — until his last breath.

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Medal of Honor: Tedford H. Cann – World War I – November 5, 1917

When disaster struck deep within the hull of the USS May, one sailor dove into darkness and rising water to save his ship. Seaman Tedford H. Cann risked his life below deck — and kept his crew afloat.

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Medal of Honor: James I. Poynter – Korean War – November 4, 1950

On a frozen Korean hillside, one Marine faced the impossible — surrounded, wounded, and outnumbered. Sergeant James I. Poynter met the enemy head-on, fighting to his last breath so that others could live.

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Medal of Honor: Lee H. Phillips – Korean War – November 4, 1950

Through freezing winds and relentless enemy fire on a Korean mountainside, one Marine led a charge no one else could finish. Corporal Lee H. Phillips turned defeat into victory — and paid for it with his life.

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Medal of Honor: Charles E. Mower – World War II (Leyte Campaign) – November 3, 1944

Knee-deep in a bullet-churned stream near Capoocan, Leyte, Sergeant Charles E. Mower refused to fall back after being mortally wounded. Half-submerged and dying, he kept shouting orders — leading his squad to victory until the last breath left his body.

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Medal of Honor: Marcellus H. Chiles – World War I – November 3, 1918

Under machine-gun fire near Le Champy Bas, France, Captain Marcellus H. Chiles seized a fallen soldier’s rifle and led his men through the barrage — giving his life to see them succeed.