December 28, 2024

Readers’ Choice: Best of Valor for 2024

2024’s most popular “Profiles of Valor” honoring American Patriots.

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In this special year-end edition, our editors have compiled a list of Mark Alexander’s most-read 2024 “Profiles of Valor.” You can read all of Alexander’s Valor columns in his Armed Forces and Military Service archive.

Profiles of Valor: MSG William Crawford (USA) — Life lessons in leadership from a humble janitor.

Profiles of Valor: LTC James Howard (USA) — “It was a case of one lone American against what seemed to be the entire Luftwaffe.”

Profiles of Valor: COL Roger Donlon (USA) — Goodbye to the first Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Vietnam.

Profiles of Valor: SCPO Britt Slabinski (USN) — “This Medal of Honor belongs to the seven Americans killed in action on that mountain top.”

Profiles of Valor: Capt Ted Williams (USMC) — “Ted [was] a Marine fighter pilot. Ted was a gung-ho Marine.”

Profiles of Valor: The MacArthurs — “Always there echoes and re-echoes: Duty, Honor, Country.”

Profiles of Valor: The Roosevelts — “During every battle we would stop and father would draw out the full plan in the dust in the gutter.”

Profiles of Valor: CPT Eddie Rickenbacker (USA) — Know the difference between cowardice and common sense.

Profiles of Valor: Mary Edwards Walker — The only woman awarded a Medal of Honor.

Profiles of Valor: Brig Gen Chuck Yeager (USAF) — “I was always afraid of dying. Always.”  

Profiles of Valor: SGT Fred Mayer  (USA) — The REAL “Inglourious Basterds.”

Profiles of Valor: The Last D-Day Vets Standing — “The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. … And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.”

Profiles of Valor: LT Michael Murphy (USN) — “In his final act of bravery, he continued to engage the enemy until he was mortally wounded.”

Profiles of Valor: Revoke the Wounded Knee Medals — “The heroism, valor, and intrepidity attached to the combat actions associated with the Medal of Honor are tarnished by allowing the Wounded Knee awards to stand.”

Profiles of Valor: A Dog Named DASY — “If I catch them, I’m going to kill them.”

Profiles of Valor: Mercy Among Mortal Enemies — An enemy fighter pilot escorted the crew he was ordered to shoot down to safety.

Profiles of Valor: He Saved Our Lives — “Leave no man behind.”

Profiles of Valor: MAJ Mark Green (USA) — From Special Operations flight surgeon for Operation Red Dawn to Chairman of Homeland Security…

Profiles of Valor: COL Michael Waltz — “Leadership. Followership. Teamwork. Discipline. Having an objective mindset.”

Profiles of Valor: LCDR Jonny Kim (USN) — “It became the benchmark for me to do so many more things in my life I never thought possible.”

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