Medal of Honor
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 […]
Valor Friday
Sometimes while writing one of my articles, someone in the comments surprises the heck out of me and mentions a personal connection to a subject. In the case of Larry Thorne/Lauri Allen Torni, we have a longtime member whose father was his commanding officer and friend for a while. For last week’s article, another longtime […]
Valor Friday
A couple weeks back we discussed the anniversary of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. One of the heroes, among the many heroes, of that battle had his name brought up. Let’s learn a bit more about Don Carlos Faith Jr. Don Carlos Faith Jr. was born in 1918 to career US Army officer Don Carlos […]
Hiroshi Miyamura, MoH recipient, dies at 97
I wrote about Hiroshi Miyamura in a previous Valor Friday piece you can find here. Sadly, Miyamura has died, having lived to age 97. He was one of only two living Medal of Honor recipients from the Korean War and was the oldest surviving MoH recipient at the time of his death. His passing leaves […]
Valor Friday
This week’s subject comes by way of a request. Maurice Britt was a professional football player (Detroit Lions), lieutenant governor of Arkansas, and a recipient of all four of the country’s highest awards for combat bravery. Born in Lonoke County, Arkansas in 1919, Maurice graduated as valedictorian from Lonoke High School in 1937. From there […]
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