General “The Auk” Auchinleck Squared Off With The Desert Fox In North Africa Before Being Fired by Churchill
The dismissal of officers in World War 2 was quite a common practice for every army that fought in the war. Whether or not these…
With One Arm Cut Off by a Japanese Sword, Lt. George Cairns Charged Into Military History
The outbreak of war can do a strange thing to man’s temperament. A student, businessman or teacher can be civilly performing their duties one year,…
Front-line Surgeon: Protected His Aid Station And Took Out 98 Enemy Soldiers Before Being Overrun
Many people worldwide fear to go to a dentist for pretty obvious reasons: pain, the worry of having to get a cavity filled, or just…
Charles Rogers: Medal of Honor Recipient – Far too wounded to lead the counterattack again, Rogers continued to inspire and encourage his men in defense of the base
In warfare, it is often the lower ranking enlisted men or junior officers that find themselves in a position to be awarded the nation’s highest…
Protecting His Marines at All Costs This Devil Doc Jumped on a Live Grenade in Vietnam to Save Them
The relationship between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen affectionately referred to as, “Doc”, is unique to say the least. The Marine Corps prides itself on…
Defying Marine Corps Regulations By Racking Up 17 Convictions, And Being Declared A Deserter, Lucas Was Awarded The Medal Of Honor That Day On Iwo Jima
For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…
Thomas Norris: The Inspiration for ‘Bat*21’ Who Saved Two Downed Pilots in Vietnam
It might come as a surprise, given their reputation as fierce fighters, but only three US Navy SEALs received the Medal of Honor for their…
Frank Baldwin Received The Medal Of Honor Twice, Once For Fighting The Confederates And Again For Fighting The Native Americans
Receiving the Medal of Honor for valor in combat puts one in the hallowed company of but a few thousand individuals to ever grace the…
Nicknamed the “Black Swallow of Death”, This Fighter Pilot Fought With The French in WWI
Occasionally in history, an individual will come along whose story is almost too inexplicable to be true. To be a runaway youth in early 1900s…
When He Ran Out of Grenades He Started Throwing Empty Beer Bottles and Earned the Victoria Cross
War tends to favor those with initiative and ingenuity and for Victoria Cross recipient Bill Speakman, he would evidently possess both. Some might think when…
MoH Ace: It was common for pilots to celebrate aerial victories over the airfield with a barrel roll for each one – he did 7
Over the course of a long war, there were many American flying Aces with a large number of them reaching into the double digit kills. …
The Soldier Who Was Awarded A Medal Of Honor Fighting With An Entrenching Tool And Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross Just A Few Days Later
It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…