“An Epic of Courage”: Jay Zeamer and Joseph Sarnoski
Pilot Jay Zeamer and bombardier Joseph Sarnoski served together in the 43rd Bomb Group in WWII. Friends before the war, they were reunited in the SW Pacific in 1942 and each received the Medal of Honor for a photo-mapping mission of Bougainville Island on June 16, 1943
Four Vietnam Veterans Recieve the Medal of Honor, July 5, 2022
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
Medal of Honor Recipient Britt Slabinski
Born on December 1, 1969, in Northampton, Massachusetts, Britt Kelly Slabinski was dedicated to public service from a young age, becoming an Eagle Scout when
The Battle of Takur Ghar/Roberts Ridge
March 3-4, 2002 When the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, initiated what has become known as the Global War on Terror, the United States
Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman
Twenty years on from the Battle of Takur Ghar, also known as Roberts Ridge, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation remembers Air Force Sergeant
Cashe, Celiz & Plumlee
In a ceremony at the White House on December 16, 2021, three Medals of Honor were awarded to soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan
Pearl Harbor, 80 Years Later
The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, instantaneously plunged thousands of young American servicemen into the chaos and violence of
Centennial of the Entombment of the Unknown Soldier, November 11, 1921 -November 11, 2021
November 11, 1921, marks the centennial of the entombment of the Unknown Soldier—a Medal of Honor recipient—at Arlington National Cemetery. Three years after the end
USS Vestal (AR-4)
When we think of the December 7, 1941 surprise attack by Japanese Navy planes on American ships at Pearl Harbor, most people can recall the
The Forlorn Hope: The Attack on Stockade Redan at Vicksburg and the Medal of Honor
On the morning of May 22, 1863, 150 volunteers from the Union Army charged the formidable Stockade Redan along the Confederate defensive lines outside of
RALPH PUCKETT JR.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Korean War For his Medal of Honor action, then-First Lieutenant Ralph Puckett, Jr. distinguished himself while serving as the commander of
Remembering Ernest E. West
Ernest E. West, who passed away on May 1, 2021, was one of four, now three, remaining recipients of the Medal of Honor from the
