Kern Dunagan earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership as a company commander in Vietnam, when he led his outnumbered company during a ferocious two day battle against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong despite being severely wounded. Even after he managed to withdraw the bulk of of his company from the ambush zone, Dunagan insisted on going back … Read More

Remembering Robert Smalls today, a great American and a former slave who commandeered a boat and slipped past Confederate forces to join the Union Navy’s blockade of South Carolina. Smalls later served as a Union Army and Navy boat pilot, and as a congressman after the War.

Bob Mathias, the first American officer, killed on D-Day, and whose story was featured at the beginning of Stephen Ambrose’s book, “D-Day”, was born on this day. Honor and remember!

Richard Richie and Charles Debellevu, the Air Force’s only aces in the Vietnam War, shoot down their first MiG over Vietnam. Horn and remember these great Americans!

John Yount, a soldier with the 3rd US Cavalry, earned the Medal of Honor for rushing to save a scout from Apache warriors. Honor and remember him!

Milton Ricketts earned the Medal of Honor posthumously during the Battle of the Coral Sea, when, though mortally wounded, he led fire-fighting efforts after his ship, the Yorktown, had been hit by Japanese bombs. Honor and remember him!

Churchill finds out that he will become prime minister the next day. “I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.”

Victory in Europe, 79 years ago today.

John James Powers earned the Medal of Honor posthumously during the Battle of the Coral Sea, for his heroic leadership. He sank one Japanese carrier, the Shoho, and damaged many other ships. As his squadron’s gunnery officer, he knew well the dangers of low altitude dive bombing and was most likely killed by his own bomb. He told his squadron … Read More