For this, Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest award for gallantry in action. By the end of World War II, Murphy had become one of the nation's most-decorated soldiers, earning an unparalleled 28 medals (including three from France and one from Belgium). Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: Company H, 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps. Medal of Honor Action Date: October 26, 1942. Medal of Honor Action Place: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Citation. For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action above and beyond World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer. Votes: 577,111 | Gross: $67.21M
Unit/Command: 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 302d Infantry, 94th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: January 23, 1945. Medal of Honor Action Place: near Tettington, Germany. Citation. M/Sgt. Oresko was a platoon leader with Company C, in an attack against strong enemy positions.
U.S. Army Sergeant Day G Turner was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. Medal of Honor Action Place: Malmedy, Belgium Citation He was an automatic rifleman with the 3d Platoon defending a strongpoint near Malmedy, Belgium, on 21 December 1944, when the enemy launched a powerful attack.
Medal of Honor Action Place: Flamierge, Belgium Citation For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamierge, Belgium on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small-arms fire, two hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy casualties.
Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 3d Platoon, Company C, 53d Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Army; Medal of Honor Action Date: December 26, 1944; Medal of Honor Action Place: near Assenois, Belgium Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: June 6, 1944. Medal of Honor Action Place: near Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Citation. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on 6 June 1944, near Colleville-sur-Mer, France. First Lt. Monteith landed with the initial assault waves on the coast 27th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: July 7, 1944. Medal of Honor Action Place: Saipan, Saipan, Marianas Islands. Citation. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Captain Ben L. Salomon was serving at Saipan, in the Marianas Islands
He was 98. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, whose heroics under fire over several crucial hours at the Battle of Iwo Jima made him a legend in his native West Virginia, died Wednesday. He was 98.
Daniel Judson Callaghan. For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty during action against enemy Japanese forces off Savo Island on the night of 12 to 13 November 1942. Although outbalanced in strength and numbers by a desperate and determined enemy, Rear Adm. Callaghan, with ingenious tactical skill
World War II Army Lt. Col. Addison Baker was one of four men who earned the Medal of Honor during a daring raid over Romania. The veteran pilot was declared missing after that flight, but thanks
Charles H. Coolidge, a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor, holds the medal that was presented to him by Army Lt. Gen. Wade H. Haislip on June 18, 1945 in Dormstadt, Germany, on Feb. 21
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