Refused To Abandon A Dying Comrade. Pulled The Pins From 2 Grenades & Calmly Awaited The Viet Cong, They Found Their Bodies The Next Day
Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…
George Welch – One of the Few Pilots Who Fought Back During Pearl Harbor
The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts. As much as…
PLEASE READ: Jacklyn H. Lucas – Mr Immortal. Awarded the MoH age 17 -used his body to shield three members of his squad from two grenades
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…
AMAZING: Captain Charles Upham remains the only combatant soldier to have received the Victoria Cross & Bar. Personally responsible for destroying a German tank and several guns and vehicles with hand grenade
When you have thrown on your first Victoria Cross, you have entered an elite fraternity in the history of war that commands the respect of…
MUST READ: Front-line surgeon, protected his aid station – he took on & killed 98 Japanese before he was overrun…
Many humans worldwide fear going to the Dentist for pretty obvious reasons: The pain, the worry that you’ll have to get a cavity filled, and…
Desmond Doss – never heard of him? MoH for single-handedly carrying 75 wounded men out of a raging battlefield
Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction. With the upcoming release in…
Sergeant ‘Smokey’ Smith VC: I don’t take prisoners, period. I’m paid to kill them, then takes out 3 Panthers
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
Matt Urban: The Greatest Soldier in American History!! But you’ve never heard of him, right?
If a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest men alive…
Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss – A simple question – yet the answer led to the rescue of 75 men on the battlefield of Okinawa
Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction. With the upcoming release in…
Background to MoH recipient Desmond Doss & Interview with Desmond Doss
Once Hollywood gets hold of a story it often becomes difficult for the viewer to separate fact from Hollywood fiction. With the upcoming release in…