Marine corporal awarded Navy Cross 55 years after Vietnam heroics
"How 'bout them Jarheads."
By Todd South
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Medic in the Mekong: A soldier’s valor under fire in Vietnam
Medal of Honor recipient Spc. Clarence Sasser saw nothing 'above and beyond' in what he did during a Vietnam firefight. His comrades thought otherwise.
By Jon Guttman
He remembers the fallen on their 100th birthday
As a young boy in Pueblo, Don Milne searched the library shelves for stories of military heroes, of Americans in battle.
By Peter Roper, The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain via AP
Green Beret killed 6 insurgents and saved his men despite being shot twice and hit with a grenade
The noisy arrival alerted the area’s kingpin who had been wanted for a year for killing Iraqis who considered joining the police force.
By Jon Simkins
Dock repairs force USS Arizona Memorial to close
Repairs have been estimated to take a week, but the damage was still being assessed.
EOD sailor cleared a daisy-chained minefield during 10-hour firefight with ISIS
Thomas continuously maneuvered during the fight under a barrage of small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar fire to engage the enemy and clear a path for the convoy.
By Jon Simkins
‘Fighting for his guys’ lives’ in Afghanistan: Marine got off over 400 rounds after having his leg blown off
An RPG struck the MRAP, ripping through the hull and exploding inside, sending a fiery wave up through the turret.
By Jon Simkins
Navy corpsman ran through a wall of fire to save his Marines during ambush in Iraq
He treated about a dozen Marines that day, even putting one on his back and carrying him out of the kill zone.
By Jon Simkins
'Extraordinary sacrifice’: Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Chapman posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, the combat controller who was killed trying to save the lives of a team of Army Rangers during a ferocious Afghanistan battle in 2002, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Wednesday.
Marine fireteam killed over 20 enemy Iraqi soldiers in a mad assault after being ambushed
Chontosh jumped out of the vehicle and charged into the enemy trench, killing or wounding all in his path in close-quarter combat until he ran out of ammunition.
By Jon Simkins
JTAC called in airstrikes despite softball-sized hole in his back after being shot
A collapsed lung and broken bones couldn't keep this airman from saving the rest of his team.
By Jon Simkins
Valor Friday: ‘Quiet by nature’ officer ran alone into enemy territory, leaving a path of destruction
The unassuming, theater-loving officer's heroism helped turn the tide of the entire war in the Pacific.
By Jon Simkins