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Portraits of Valor; Michael Thornton
Michael Thornton was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at the Cua Viet River Base, South Vietnam in October of 1972. During the latter part of the war in Vietnam Navy SEAL...
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Portraits of Valor; Walter Ehlers
Walter Ehlers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Goville, France in June of 1944. Through the D-Day invasion and into the days after Walter Ehlers led his 12 man squad...
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Portraits of Valor; Roy Benavidez
Roy Benavidez was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions West of Loc Ninh, South Vietnam in May of 1968. When word that a squad was pinned down by enemy fire Roy Benavidez...
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Portraits of Valor; William McGonagle
William McGonagle was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in the Eastern Mediterranean during June, 1967. While performing intelligence operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea...
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Portraits of Valor; John Hawk
John Hawk was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Chambois, France, August of 1944. After aiding one other soldier in repelling a small group of enemy tanks John Hawk found...
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Portraits of Valor; Arthur Jackson
Arthur Jackson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Peleliu in the Western Pacific, September of 1944. Pinned down and cornered on a peninsula Arthur Jackson was asked to...
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Portraits of Valor; Richard Sorenson
Richard Sorenson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on Namur Island in the Marshall Islands, February, 1944. Richard Sorenson and approximately 30 other men were defending a...
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Portraits of Valor; James Swett
James Swett was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions over the Guadalcanal in the Western Pacific, April, 1943. Brand new to combat James Swett flew against a siege of Japanese...
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Portraits of Valor; Ola Mize
Ola Mize was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions near Surang-Ni, South Korea in June of 1953. Charged with the responsibility of defending Outpost Harry Ola Mize employed sound...
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Portraits of Valor; Raymond Murphy
Raymond Murphy was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions near the Imjin River, North Korea in February of 1953. During the aftermath of a failed assault on enemy positions Raymond...
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Portraits of Valor; Reginald Myers
Reginald Myers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea in November of 1950. After being ordered to take charge of a group of men from both the...
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Portraits of Valor; Ronald Rosser
Ronald Rosser was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in Ponggilli, Korea in January of 1952. Driven by the loss of his younger brother to the enemy in Korea Ron Rosser made it...
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Portraits of Valor; Ernest West
Ernest West was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions near Sataeri, Korea in October of 1952. After being overtaken during an assault on an enemy bunker Ernest West ordered his...
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Six Seconds of Iraq Valor
Navy Cross recipients LCpl Jordan C. Haerter and Cpl Jonathan Yale stand firm in stopping a suicide bomber from killing 33 Marines and 20 Iraqi Police housed in a police station in Ramadi, Iraq on...
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Momentos from Home
What motivates a young marine to spend months on end away from loved ones? The answer isn't really surprising, but see for yourself.
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