by Doyle | Nov 30, 2023 | Military, USMC, WWII
Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was a World War II Marine Corps pilot whose daring exploits and unmatched skill in the skies earned him the highest honors of valor, the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington’s courage and leadership during the Pacific...
by Doyle | Nov 24, 2023 | Medal of Honor, USMC, WWII
80 years ago The Battle of Tarawa was a pivotal engagement between American and Japanese forces in the Pacific theater. The atoll, a tiny but heavily fortified island, was a critical strategic point that held immense significance for both sides. The ferocity of the...
by Doyle | Nov 21, 2023 | Medal of Honor, USMC, WWII
John Basilone was born on November 4, 1916, in Buffalo, New York. Raised in a working-class family, he enlisted in the United States Army in 1934. After serving for 3 years, he was discharged. One day later, he reenlisted. A few years after his second tour of duty in...
by Doyle | Aug 28, 2023 | USMC, WWII
12 May, 1945 Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa Japanese defenders, nearly an entire regiment, have fortified their crucial position on a small hill. The hill looked unassuming, but it was honeycombed with concrete reverse slope positions holding machine gun and artillery...
by Doyle | 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 Doyle | 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...
