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Today's the day!
Celebrate Steven Spielberg receiving the 2023 BGEN Charles E. McGee Unity Award. Spielberg's impact on film, society, and the memory of WWII and the Holocaust is extraordinary. Don't miss the exclusive video presentation!
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George Phillips of Rich Hill, Missouri, a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on March 14, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was just 18 years old.
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U.S. Army Soldier Joe J. Hayashi of Salinas, California, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 20, 1945, near Tendola, Italy.
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Alvin P. Carey of Lycippus, PA, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on Aug. 23, 1944, near Plougastel, France.
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Harold Gonsalves of Alameda, California, a U.S. Marine Corps private first class, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action during the Battle of Okinawa on April 15, 1945. He was just 19 years old.
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William Edward Hall of Storrs, Utah, a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on May 7, 1942, in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Richard Earl Bush of Glasgow, Kentucky, a U.S. Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions in Okinawa on April 16, 1945.
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Francis Junior Pierce of Earlville, Iowa, a Pharmacist’s Mate First Class in the U.S. Navy, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima on March 15, 1945.
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Russell Hamler, the last surviving member of WWII’s famed Merrill’s Marauders, will be laid to rest today.
Hamler died on Dec. 26, 2023, at a veterans hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was 99.
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John Joseph McVeigh of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on August 29, 1944, near Brest, France.
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U.S. Army soldier Martin O. May of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 19, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
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U.S. Army Private First Class Kiyoshi K. Muranaga of Los Angeles, California, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on June 26, 1944, near Suvereto, Italy.
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Franklin Earl Sigler of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on March 14, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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Harold Alva Garman of Fairfield, Illinois, a combat medic in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on August 25, 1944, near Montereau, France.
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U.S. Army soldier John R. Crews of Golden, Oklahoma, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions at the Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher on April 8, 1945.
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Harry J. Michael of Milford, Indiana, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on March 13, 1945, near Neiderzerf, Germany.
Michael was killed the day after his 23rd birthday.
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John Joseph Parle of Omaha, Nebraska, an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 9, 1943, near Sicily.
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Apr. 4, 1943, William Dyess escaped from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines and went through the jungle to a ship that took him to Australia. Once free, Dyess could reveal the atrocities of the Bataan Death March to the world.
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Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith of Caro, MI, a U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions near Brest, France, on May 1, 1943.
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Gregory “Pappy” Boyington of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions from September 12, 1943, to January 3, 1944, in the Central Solomons area.
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Private First Class John David Magrath of East Norwalk, Connecticut, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Italy on April 14, 1945. He was just 20 years old.
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U.S. Navy Lieutenant Albert Leroy David of Maryville, Missouri, was awarded two Navy Crosses and the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on June 4, 1944, off the coast of French West Africa.
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Thomas E. Atkins of Campobello, South Carolina, a Private in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions during intense combat in the Philippine Islands on March 10, 1945.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Elbert Luther Kinser of Greeneville, Tennessee, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on May 4, 1945, while serving with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division on Okinawa, Japan.
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U.S. Army Private First Class Sadao Munemori of Los Angeles, CA, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 5, 1945, near Seravezza, Italy.
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Joseph Rudolph Julian of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions during World War II on March 9, 1945, on Iwo Jima.
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Herman Claudious Wallace of Lubbock, TX, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on February 27, 1945, near Prümzurlay, Germany, while serving as a PFC in Company B, 301st Engineer Combat Battalion, 76th ID. He was just 20 years old.
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William Gary Walsh of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on February 27, 1945, while serving with the 5th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was just 22 years old.
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Leonard Foster Mason of Middlesboro, Kentucky, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 22, 1944, on Guam.
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Seymour W. Terry of Little Rock, Arkansas, a Captain in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on May 11, 1945, in Okinawa.
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U.S. Army soldier Joseph Frederick Merrell of Staten Island, New York, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in World War II on April 18, 1945, near Nuremberg, Germany.
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United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr., of Enid, Oklahoma, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on June 5, 1944, over Wimereaux, France.
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U.S. Army Private First Class Kaoru Moto of Hawaii was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 7, 1944, near Castellina, Italy.
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Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, VA, a U.S. Army corporal who served as a combat medic in WWII, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 29, 1945-May 21, 1945, in Okinawa. He was the only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Masato Nakae of Lihue, Hawaii, a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on August 19, 1944, near Pisa, Italy.
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David Crowder Waybur of Piedmont, California, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on July 17, 1943, near Agrigento, Sicily.
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Please join the Friends of the National WWII Memorial in wishing retired Air Force Lt. Col. and original Tuskegee Airman James Harvey III a happy 100th birthday!
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U.S. Army soldier Furman L. Smith of Six Mile, South Carolina, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on May 31, 1944, near Lanuvio, Italy.
Smith was just 19 years old.
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James Elms Swett of Seattle, WA, was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot and flying ace during WWII. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions while a division flight leader in VMF-221 over Guadalcanal on April 7, 1943.
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Robert D. Booker of Callaway, Nebraska, a Private in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 9, 1943, near Fondouk, Tunisia.
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James Dennis La Belle of Columbia Heights, MN, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on March 8, 1943, at Iwo Jima. He was just 19 years old.
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U.S. Army Sergeant James Marion Logan of McNeil, Texas, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 9, 1943, near Salerno, Italy.
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U.S. Army Air Forces airman Henry Eugene “Red” Erwin, Sr., of Adamsville, Alabama, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions in World War II on April 12, 1945, near Koriyama, Japan.
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William Edward Metzger, Jr. of Lima, Ohio, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 9, 1944, near Saarbrücken, Germany. He was just 22 years old.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kazuo Otani of Visalia, California, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 15, 1944, near Pieve di Santa Luce, Italy.
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John Basilone of Buffalo, New York, a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on October 24, 1942, on Guadalcanal.
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Joseph William Ozbourn of Herrin, Illinois, a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 30, 1944 on Tinian in the Marianas Islands.
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George W. G. Boyce, Jr. of New York City, New York, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 23, 1944, near Afua, New Guinea.
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Stephen Raymond Gregg of New York City, New York, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on August 27, 1944, near Montelimar, France.
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U.S. Army Air Forces First Lieutenant Donald Dale Pucket of Longmont, Colorado, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 9, 1944, over Ploieşti, Romania.
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Ambrose “Cowboy” Anderson, of Gloversville, NY, a Montford Point Marine, and a survivor of Iwo Jima, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. He was 98.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Gerald Leon Endl of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 11, 1944, near Anamo, New Guinea.
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Luther Skaggs, Jr. of Henderson, Kentucky, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on July 21, 1944, on Guam.
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George Taro Sakato of Colton, California, a Private in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on October 29, 1944, near Biffontaine, France.
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James Lewis Day of E. St. Louis, IL, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions from May 14-17, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
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Robert H. Dietz of Kingston, New York, a U.S. Army soldier, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on March 29, 1945, in Kirchain, Germany. He was just 24 years old
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U.S. Marine Corps Captain Richard Eugene Fleming of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Midway on June 5, 1942.
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Robert Craig, born in Scotland and raised in Toledo, Ohio, was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 11, 1943, near Favoratta, Sicily.
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U.S. Army officer Raymond Ovila Beaudoin of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in WWII on April 6, 1945, near Hamelin, Germany.
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World War II Veteran, Herbert Reichlin, 98, died at home in Raleigh, NC on April 18, 2024. He served in Patton's Third Army, 90th Infantry Division, 359th Regiment Company and was a recipient of a Purple Heart. Rest in Peace, Sir!
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Almost 80 years after his death during WWII, the remains of Pfc. Hood Ernest Cole finally had his burial in Canton, Georgia on Jan. 15, 2024. Cole was killed when his unit was attacked by German forces near Baerenthal, France on Jan. 14, 1945.
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Dale Eldon Christensen of Gray, Iowa, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in New Guinea on July 16, 1944.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Roy W. Harmon of Talala, Oklahoma, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 12, 1944, near Casaglia, Italy.
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Milton Ernest Ricketts of Baltimore, Maryland, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on May 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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William David Halyburton, Jr. of Canton, North Carolina, a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic action on May 10, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. He was just 20 years old.
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U.S. Marine Corps Captain Carlton Robert Rouh of Lindenwold, New Jersey, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 15, 1944, on Peleliu Island.
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Louis Hugh Wilson, Jr. of Brandon, Mississippi, a General in the U.S. Marine Corps, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on July 25, 1944, in Guam.
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Turney White Leonard of Dallas, Texas, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 4-6, 1944, near Kommerscheidt, Germany.
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On August 18, 1945, U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione became the last American to die in WWII when the B-32 he was flying in over Tokyo was damaged by enemy fire.
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Gregory “Pappy” Boyington of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions from September 12, 1943, to January 3, 1944, in the Central Solomons area.
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James Phillip Connor of Wilmington, Delaware, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on August 15, 1944, near Cape Cavalaire, France.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ysmael R. Villegas, of Casa Blanca, California, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on March 20, 1945, during the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. He was just 20 years old.
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On February 25, 2024, Navy Veteran, Lt. Ralph Perkner, who served in World War II and the Korean War, celebrated his 103rd birthday with loved ones at the Mission BBQ in Springfield, PA.
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Ray E. Eubanks of Snow Hill, North Carolina, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 23, 1944, on Noemfoor in Dutch New Guinea. He was just 22 years old.
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Frank Joseph Petrarca of Cleveland, Ohio, a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 27, 1943, at Horseshoe Hill on New Georgia.
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Robert Lee Wilson of Centralia, Illinois, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on August 3, 1944, on Tinian Island.
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John Philip Cromwell of Henry, Illinois, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 19, 1943, near Truk Island.
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Walter Horace Barrett, a decorated WWII veteran and the final surviving member of the 508th Parachute Regiment of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, died on Feb. 22, 2024 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital after a short stay. He was 100 years old.
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John Robert Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on December 26, 1944, near Sommocolonia, Italy.
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U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Charles Howard Roan of Claude, Texas, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on September 18, 1944, on Peleliu Island. He was just 21 years old.
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U.S. Army soldier William Ralph Shockley of Bokoshe, Oklahoma, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in World War II on March 31, 1945, in Luzon, Philippines.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Dexter James Kerstetter of Centralia, WA, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on April 13, 1945, near Luzon, the Philippines.
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U.S. Army officer James E. Robinson, Jr. of Toledo, Ohio, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 6, 1945, near Unterfriesheim, Germany.
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Johnnie David Hutchins of Weimar, Texas, a Seaman First Class in the U.S. Navy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on September 4, 1943, near Lae, New Guinea. He was just 21 years old.
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U.S. Marine Corps Major General Merritt Austin Edson of Chester, Vermont, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 13, 1942, near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal.
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U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Joseph Kelly of Brooklyn, New York, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions during World War II on April 5, 1945, near Alemert, Germany.
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Michael “Mike” Colalillo of Hibbing, Minnesota, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions during World War II on April 7, 1945, near Untergriesheim, Germany.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Grant Frederick Timmerman of Americus, Kansas, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 8, 1944 on Saipan.
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Lawson Paterson “Red” Ramage of Monroe, Massachusetts, a Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on July 31, 1944, near Takao, Taiwan.
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John Dury New of Mobile, Alabama, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on September 25, 1944, on Peleliu Island, Palau Islands. He was just 19 years old.
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Eli Lamar Whiteley of Georgetown, Texas, a Captain in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on December 27, 1944, near Sigolsheim, France.
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U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Harold Glenn Epperson of Akron, Ohio, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on June 25, 1944, on Saipan.
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Audie Leon Murphy of Kingston, TX, one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of WWII was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on Jan. 26, 1945, near Holtzwihr, France.
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CORP John P. Fardy of Chicago, IL, PVT Dale M. Hansen of Wisner, NE, and Private First Class Albert E. Schwab, all of the U.S. Marine Corps, were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroic actions on May 7, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
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William Jennings Bordelon of San Antonio, Texas, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 20, 1943, near Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Isadore Seigfreid Jachman of Baltimore, MD, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on January 2, 1945, near Flamierge, Belgium. He was just 22 years old.
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U.S. Army soldier Walter C. Wetzel of Huntington, West Virginia, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on April 3, 1945, in Birken, Germany.
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Robert T. Henry of Greenville, Mississippi, a Private in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions near Luchem, Germany, on December 3, 1944. He was just 21 years old.
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Robert Dale Maxwell of Boise, Idaho, a Technician Fifth Grade in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 7, 1944, near Besançon, France.
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Walter David Ehlers of Junction City, Kansas, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on June 9-10, 1944, near Goville, France.
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Arthur Junior Jackson of Cleveland, Ohio, a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on September 18, 1944, on Peleliu Island.
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