On June 6, 1984, the 40th anniversary of the World War II, D Day invasion, President Ronald Reagan honored the memory of brave American soldiers with a speech at the U.S. Ranger Monument, Pointe du Hoc, France.
We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent [...]
rather than leaping from the gunner’s hatch to safety, Private McGinnis made the courageous decision to protect his crew. In a selfless act of bravery, in which he was mortally wounded, Private McGinnis covered the live grenade, pinning it between his body and the vehicle and absorbing most of the explosion.
Belle Noxon recently visited Washington D.C. with her Eighth Grade Class. She wrote about her impressions at the Iwo Jima Memorial.
Iwo Jima has a very unique style. It is designed so that when you are driving around the monument it looks like the Marines are raising the American flag.
Around the top [...]
Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure ~Abraham Lincoln
Roy P. Benavidez
Medal of Honor WinnerÂ
Staff Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez United States Army distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions on 2 May, 1968 while assigned to Detachment B56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st [...]
Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth;
Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth…
~Thomas Moore
World War II Navy Medic Fred Lester
Medal of Honor Winer
While serving as a Medical Corpsman with an Assault Rifle Platoon, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain, 8 June 1945. Medic First Class Lester spotted [...]
