#medal-of-honor

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Hostage Rescue in Iraq: SGM Thomas P. Payne

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SGM Payne was awarded the Medal of Honor for helping rescue 75 Iraqis from an ISIS compound in what was one of the largest hostage rescues in spec...
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The Invasion of Iraq: SFC Paul Ray Smith

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SFC Smith was awarded the Medal of Honor for his role in protecting his men and fending off the Iraqi attack....
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Running Over the Enemy: S/Sgt. Herbert H. Burr

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S/Sgt. Burr was awarded the Medal of Honor for running over an anti-tank gun and destroying an enemy truck with his tank before braving sniper fi...
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A Pilot’s Final Moments: Capt. Steven Logan Bennett

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Capt. Bennett was awarded the Medal of Honor for risking his own life to protect a platoon of South Vietnamese soldiers and his OV-10 backseater....
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Bullet Through the Jaw: COL Walter Joseph Marm Jr.

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COL Marm explains how he was awarded the Medal of Honor for helping save another unit by single-handedly killing multiple entrenched enemies in Vi...
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The Only Female Recipient: Dr. Mary E. Walker

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Dr. Walker is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor, and she was awarded it for her devotion and bravery during the Civil War....
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Ambushed in Afghanistan: SSG Robert J. Miller

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SSG Miller was awarded the Medal of Honor for killing multiple enemies and drawing fire away from his allies after a large ambush in the Gowardesh...
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The Deadly Rice Fields of Vietnam: SP5 Clarence Sasser

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SP5 Sasser served as a Medic in Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for continuously administering aid for 20 hours as his company was atta...
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PREVIEW: The Deadly Rice Fields of Vietnam

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Sasser relives the traumatic mission for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor....
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Pearl Harbor, Northern Italy, and the Medal of Honor: Capt. Daniel Inouye

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After witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor from his home in Hawaii, Daniel Inouye, a second-generation Japanese American, enlisted in the US Army...
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PREVIEW: Pearl Harbor, Northern Italy, and the Medal of Honor

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Capt. Inouye describes how his regiment climbed a treacherous cliff in order to flank a German company in WWII....
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COL Leo Thorsness: A Medal of Honor Recipient and POW

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COL Thorsness served as a fighter pilot in Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his wingman’s life, and was a prisoner of war for...
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David Bellavia: Partisan Politics

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Medal of Honor Recipient and conservative radio host David Bellavia talks about the recent shift in the Republican party, what makes a qualified c...
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SSG David Bellavia: Medal of Honor in Iraq

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SSG Bellavia served in Iraq, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for clearing a house filled with five insurgents in order to save his squad....
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Medal of Honor & Battlefield Recordings

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Medal of Honor recipient Walter Ehlers tells his dramatic stories of combat in North Africa and Europe and details the events surrounding his hero...
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Combat Medics in Vietnam

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Combat Medics courageously fought to save lives as the war raged around them in Vietnam....
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Vietnam Forward Observers

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During the Vietnam War, all too often the chaos of battle found Allied forces trapped and facing annihilation. The situation called for courageous...
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