On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas W Parsons John William Finn: First Medal of Honor Recipient of World War II During the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, on 7 December 1941, Lt. Finn promptly secured and manned a .50-caliber [...]

“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.” ~James Gates Percival Michael A. Monsoor: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Iraq President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor at the White [...]

Raymond R. Wright: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Vietnam While serving as a rifleman, Spc4 Raymond R. Wright, 22,  distinguished himself during a combat patrol in an area where an enemy ambush had occurred earlier. Spc4. Wright’s unit suddenly came under intense automatic weapons and small-arms fire from an enemy bunker system [...]

They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. ~Francis Marion Crawford Audy Murphy: Most Decorated Soldier of World War II Near Holtzwihr France, on January 26, 1945 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. [...]

Originally published in 2008 Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for heroes interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, Washington D.C. World War I By virtue of an act of Congress approved 24 August 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of highest ideals and virtues is bestowed in the name of the Congress [...]