The 4 US Presidents with the craziest war stories
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Also known as “Washington’s Birthday,” Feb. 16 is now known as a federal holiday to honor all …
This Medal of Honor recipient made a life out of fighting fascists
Being born to missionaries in the early 20th Century didn’t change Edward Allen Carter’s mission in life, once he knew what it was. Even though the American-born Carter spent his early years in India, it was in China that he first got a taste of t…
Watch: Charles Coolidge, who charged at German tanks with a bazooka and grenades, gets Medal of Honor in vintage footage
Tech. Sgt. Charles Coolidge, who fought the Nazis throughout Europe and North Africa with the Army‘s 36th Infantry Division, earned the Medal of Honor for his courage during a fierce forest battle in France in 1944. As the nation mourns the loss of Coolidge, who died last week at the age of 99, you can now see the moment … Continued
This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in a Hanoi prison
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Here’s where the military’s highest award is made — the Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest award authorized by Congress and issued by the president himself. Earned for bravery during combat, the first medal was struck on Dec. 21, 1861, specifically for the Navy, but was adapted for U.S. Army less than …
This was the only living African-American from WW2 to earn MoH
After enlisting in the Army in June of 1941, Vernon Baker was assigned to the 270th Regiment of the 92nd Infantry Division — the first black unit to head into combat during WWII.
After completing Officer Candidate School, Baker was c…
This Marine pilot took 22 Japanese fighters head on – then led an infantry charge
The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor must have been a strange time for the U.S. military. But many didn’t get the chance to ponder the new world order they lived in.
As Hawaii came under attack, other American military forces were u…
How well do you know the Battle of Iwo Jima?
Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. Amid heavy losses on an island of questionable strategic importance, it also became one the most controversial battles of World War II. Heroes emerged and countless books and movies…
The most outstanding soldier of World War I actually fought in three wars
By the time Samuel Woodfill was earning his Medal of Honor in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1917, he was already a veteran of another war. The fighting of World War I just happened to be very different from the fighting he saw in the Philippine-American War. But Woodfill was practically born to be an Army … Continued
That time a badass drove into blistering gunfire to crush an enemy ambush
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