Medal of Honor
Valor Friday
Last week I talked about three men who went down fighting, and left a pile of enemy corpses surrounding their own bodies. Just a few months before their valiant last stand on Saipan in the Pacific Theater, another man did the exact same thing in the European Theater. Truman Olson was born in 1917 in […]
Valor Friday
Many of the stories I have the honor of writing about seem so absolutely incredible that they stretch the bonds of credulity. These are some of my favorites to research, because it’s amazing to me that these stories are true. Today’s subject is another of those incredible men whose tale would make the most spectacular […]
Valor Friday
Richmond Pearson Hobson Richmond Hobson was born in Alabama in 1870. He was the nephew and namesake of Congressman Richmond Pearson, nephew of North Carolina Governor Daniel Gould Fowle, and grandson of Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Richmond Mumford Pearson (his other namesake). Hobson attended the US Naval Academy. At Annapolis, he […]
Valor Friday
Part three on my exploration of Congressmen of valor. Thomas Wilson Bradley Thomas Bradley, an Englishman by birth, immigrated to the US when he was a small child. He came to the country with his mother Mary Wilson and the James Roberts family, just before his fifth birthday, aboard the ship Fidelia. Initially living in […]
Valor Friday
Continuing on my series of US Congressmen who have received the Medal of Honor. Philip Sidney Post Philip Post was born in 1833 in New York. After college, he found his way to Illinois and was admitted to the Bar there in 1856. He traveled the northwest, made his home in Kansas, and practiced law […]
Valor Friday
Continuing from last week’s look at Senators who have earned the country’s highest honor, we now turn to the House of Representatives. As with the Senate, there are some trends. Sixteen Congressmen have received the Medal of Honor. One of those later became a Senator and was discussed at length in last week’s article. 13 […]
Valor Friday
This week’s article will be a little different. With the new Congress being seated, my curiosity turned to politics as it relates to valor awards. In our history, who are the elected representatives that have earned our nation’s highest honors? Let’s take a look. Some of these names, particularly the latter day inclusions, will be […]
Valor Friday
In the past I’ve talked about several men who, as part of aircrew service, used their bare hands to save their aircraft and the lives of their comrades. The heroism of Red Erwin, John Levitow, Norman Jackson, and James Ward are some we’ve talked about before. For some reason, I missed the similar story of […]
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