Medal of Honor
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Profiles of Valor: Capt Arthur Jackson (USMC)
"I still had ammo left, and I just figured I'd better get to as many of these [bunkers] as I can."
Profiles of Valor: MSG Wiedorfer — A Christmas Day Medal of Honor
"Something had to be done, and someone had to do it. ... Luckily, their firing wasn't too good that day. They didn't get me."
Profiles of Valor: SSgt William Pitsenbarger (USAF)
"There was only one man on the ground that day that would have turned down a ride out of that hellhole — and that man was Pitsenbarger."
President Trump Signs Medal of Honor Act
"They never ask for special recognition or demand special treatment."
Profiles of Valor: PFC Carlos Lozada
"PFC Lozada remained in an exposed position and continued to pour deadly fire upon the enemy despite the urgent pleas of his comrades to withdraw."
Profiles of Valor: SSG Ty Michael Carter (USA)
Specialist Carter's heroic actions and tactical skill were critical to the defense of Combat Outpost Keating, preventing the enemy from capturing the position and saving the lives of his fellow Soldiers.
Profiles of Valor: COL Joe Marm (USA)
"The leader of the stranded platoon was killed, and his whole chain of command were killed or wounded."
Profiles of Valor: CPT Florent Groberg (USA)
"It was the worst day of my life. ... I lost four of my brothers."
A Week Celebrating America's Most Intrepid Patriots, Past and Present
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty."
Profiles of Valor: CSM Robert Patterson (USA)
The day a man rushed five NVA bunkers, destroyed them and the enemy within, and lived to tell about it.
Profiles of Valor: CPT James Allen Taylor
"My mission ... to encourage our countrymen, especially our youth, to understand the cost of freedom and to become worthy citizens."
Profiles of Valor: CSM Gary Lee Littrell (USA)
"I'm wearing this medal for the 400 and some people that died those four days. I'm their representative."
Profiles of Valor: SP4 Larry Dahl (USA)
Responding to desperate calls for help, three Gun Trucks — Brutus, The Untouchable, and The Misfits — raced into the kill zone...
Profiles of Valor: LTC Harold Arthur Fritz (USA)
"America — love it or leave it. Many have died to protect it."
Profiles of Valor: SP4 Michael Fitzmaurice (USA)
"With complete disregard for his personal safety ... he then threw his flak vest and himself over the remaining charge."
Profiles of Valor: SSG Clint Romesha (USA)
"I felt like that day was the first day in 10 years of military service that I did my job. This was the ultimate test of everything I had done in the service..."
Profiles of Valor: MSG John Baker Jr. (USA)
"Five-foot-two John Baker was a giant. ... Once you got to know him, you realized he's exactly the giant we expect to see on the battlefield. He was larger than life."
Profiles of Valor: CWT Oscar Peterson (USN)
"After being adrift four days, thanks in large measure to Peterson's actions, all 138 survivors were rescued by the USS Henley, and they scuttled the Neosho to prevent it from falling into enemy hands."
The Independence Day Medals of Honor
We are devoted to something much larger than our own self-interest, something eternal, not temporal — a willingness to sacrifice all in defense of Liberty, for ourselves and our posterity.
Profiles of Valor: MCPO Edward Byers (USN)
"Very few people can say they died doing something they love, and he'll forever be remembered in the pages of history as being a truly great hero."