Medal of Honor: Anthony Casamento - Guadalcanal, World War II - November 1, 1942
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Medal of Honor: Anthony Casamento - Guadalcanal, World War II - November 1, 1942

Pinned down on a blood-soaked ridge at Guadalcanal, Corporal Anthony Casamento refused to fall back — manning his machine gun alone, bleeding, and surrounded, he held the line until reinforcements arrived.
Medal of Honor: John Otto Siegel - Naval Rescue, World War I - November 1, 1918
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Medal of Honor: John Otto Siegel - Naval Rescue, World War I - November 1, 1918

When the schooner Hjeltenaes became a floating inferno, Boatswain’s Mate John Otto Siegel charged straight into the flames — again and again — refusing to quit until every man was safe.
Medal of Honor: Harold A. Furlong - World War I - November 1, 1918
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Medal of Honor: Harold A. Furlong - World War I - November 1, 1918

Under a hail of German machine-gun fire in the Bois-de-Bantheville, Lieutenant Harold Furlong charged forward alone — and silenced death itself, one gun at a time.
Medal of Honor: Arthur J. Forrest - World War I - November 1, 1918
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Medal of Honor: Arthur J. Forrest - World War I - November 1, 1918

In the final days of the Great War, Sergeant Arthur J. Forrest crawled alone toward six roaring German machine guns — and then charged straight through them to save his men.
Medal of Honor: James E. Williams - Vietnam War - October 31, 1966
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Medal of Honor: James E. Williams - Vietnam War - October 31, 1966

On a moonless night in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Boatswain’s Mate James E. Williams turned two river patrol boats into a one-man war—charging into the darkness against impossible odds and wiping out an entire enemy fleet.
Medal of Honor: Michael E. Thornton - Vietnam War - October 31, 1972
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Medal of Honor: Michael E. Thornton - Vietnam War - October 31, 1972

When a SEAL mission in Vietnam went catastrophically wrong, Petty Officer Michael Thornton refused to leave a fallen comrade behind—fighting through gunfire, dragging his wounded commander two miles to the sea, and swimming them both to survival.
Medal of Honor: Riley L. Pitts - Vietnam War - October 31, 1967
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Medal of Honor: Riley L. Pitts - Vietnam War - October 31, 1967

When his men were trapped by fire from three sides in the jungles of Vietnam, Captain Riley L. Pitts refused to fall back—he charged forward, rifle and grenade launcher in hand, until his final breath.
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