Date of Action: April 7, 1943 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221) Location: Near Guadalcanal Island James “Zeke” Swett, was commissioned as a Marine Corps
Date of Action: January 31, 1943 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 112 (VMF-112) Location: Near Kolombangara Island Commissioned in April of 1942, Jefferson De Blanc had
Date of Action: October 16, 1942 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-212) Location: Near Guadalcanal Island Harold “Joe” Bauer graduated from the United States Naval
Date of Action: February 20, 1942 Squadron: Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3), USS Lexington (CV-2) Location: Near New Britain Island Edward O’Hare grew up in an
Date of Action: September-October 1942 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 224 (VMF-224) Location: Near Guadalcanal Island He shouldn’t have even been at Guadalcanal. Robert “Bob” Galer
Date of Action: August-October 1942 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223) Location: Guadalcanal Island John Smith from Lexington, Oklahoma wanted to be an accountant. In 1936
Date of Action: December 8-23, 1941 Squadron: Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211) Location: Wake Island Raised outside of Thomasville, Georgia, Henry Talmadge Elrod grew up
President Joseph R. Biden awarded the Medal of Honor on July 5, 2022, to four recipients who served their country above and beyond the call
The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation mourns the passing of Hershel “Woody” Williams, who passed away on June 29, 2022, at the age of
Determined to Serve Born in Palestine, Texas, in 1946, a young Steven Bennett later moved with his family to Louisiana. Bennett graduated from the University
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