Medal of Honor
Valor Friday
AW1Ed forwarded the story of a bad ass Navy diver. Back in the day when divers wore the big, heavy brass standard diving dress. The size and weight of it only matched by the enormous brass balls of the operators themselves. Crilley received both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor for his diving […]
Valor Friday
Here’s one of the most Marine-looking Marines to ever Marine. Kenneth Walsh was the #4 top scoring Marine fighter ace of World War II. Here’s how he earned that shiny blue ribbon that outranks all the others. From Military Times; World War II in the Pacific produced a remarkable 10 fighter pilots of the United […]
Medal of Honor Monday
It’s getting hard to keep up with the flurry of valor decorations being awarded/upgraded lately. I’m not complaining, as the people being honored have, in almost all cases, been very long, long overdue. I hope to report on many more of these award upgrades. As Lmn0351 noted in my Valor Friday piece last week, the […]
Valor Friday
It was a week of valor, with two Medals of Honor being awarded at the President’s State of the Union address and Coast Guardsman Scott Ruskan receiving the Legion of Merit for his rescuing dozens during the Texas flood last year. So for Valor Friday this week, I’ve got the story of Jack Jacobs. He’s […]
Medal of Honor awarded at the SOTU
Last night, if you didn’t watch the President’s State of the Union Address you missed the presentation of a Medal of Honor. I didn’t watch the SOTU. I didn’t want to watch the Democrat pout-fest. It seems Congressman Green (D-Retard) was escorted out again for being indecorous. As part of the political theater that is […]
Valor Friday
Some good news. Master Sergeant Rodrick “Roddie” Edmonds will be receiving a posthumous Medal of Honor for his heroism in the face of the Nazis. It’s been almost five years since I wrote up the story of Edmonds. Click through for the full story, but I’ll try to summarize. Edmonds quickly rose the ranks, and […]
Another MoH announced
It’s been three years since I wrote up the heroics of naval aviator Captain Royce Williams. You’ll remember he was flying a straight wing F9F Panther off the coast of Korea during the Korean War. He was scrambled with another aircraft to intercept several Soviet MiG-15s headed towards their carrier group. The MiG-15 was the […]
Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis Awarded MOH
US soldier who blocked suicide bomber in Afghanistan to be awarded Medal of Honor By JOHN VANDIVER STUTTGART, Germany — A U.S. soldier who died saving the life of a Polish counterpart in Afghanistan in 2013, will receive the Medal of Honor. President Donald Trump approved the recognition, the parents of Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis […]
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