by jack | May 28, 2023 | Medal of Honor, USMC, Vietnam War
Ordered to the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967, Sergeant Rodney M. Davis was assigned duty as a Platoon Guide with Company B, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. His unit was operating in the challenging terrain of the Quảng Nam Province,...
by jack | May 6, 2023 | Medal of Honor, USMC, WWII
First Lieutenant George Ham Cannon, USMC, (November 5, 1915 – December 7, 1941) holds the distinction of being the first U.S. Marine in World War II to receive the nation’s highest military award—the Medal of Honor. Cannon posthumously received the medal for...
by jack | Feb 23, 2023 | Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
18 June 1965 Captain Paris Davis and three of his Special Forces team led the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 883rd Regional Forces Company in an attack on a Viet Cong (VC) base. “We had just finished a successful raid on a Viet Cong Regimental...
by jack | Oct 31, 2022 | Medal of Honor, WWII
The Battle of Manila was one of the most brutal in the Pacific Theater in WWII. American and Filipino forces faced a determined and entrenched enemy determined to fight to the last man. Army Rifleman Cleto Rodríguez’s unit was tasked with taking the strongly...
by jack | Oct 14, 2022 | Medal of Honor, USMC, Vietnam War
Perkins enlisted in the Marines in 1966. During boot camp, Perkins expressed a desire to be a Marine photographer. After receiving this assignment, to his chagrin, he found the work as a still photographer at Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, California, dull and...
by jack | Sep 16, 2022 | Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
What does it take to break a person? How much pain and humiliation can one endure before confessing to a false crime or giving up the names of their friends? No one can know for sure what their breaking point might be, but one man provided a perfect example of what it...
