Lt. Larry L. Taylor

Lt. Larry L. Taylor

JUNE 12, 1968 | NEAR AP GO CONG, BÌNH DƯƠNG PROVINCE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM A four-man long-range reconnaissance team saw through its night-vision scope that it was completely surrounded by hostile forces on a mission northeast of Saigon. Army attack helicopter pilot...
William Pitsenbarger

William Pitsenbarger

April 11, 1966 near near Cam My, Vietnam Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment finds itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cam My village. Ambushed by the Vietcong, 80 percent of the company will became casualties. The Joint Rescue...
Melvin Morris

Melvin Morris

One of the first U.S. Army soldiers to qualify as a Green Beret, Melvin Morris did not fit the stereotype of a Special Forces fighter. “I was 5 foot 4 inches, 117 pounds,” Morris told an interviewer. “But I was a strong little fella.” Morris would soon prove just how...
Grady Harp

Grady Harp

Dr. Grady Harp studied music and medicine at Occidental College and the University of Southern California School of Medicine (now Keck). Upon completing his internship at Los Angeles County Hospital he was transplanted into the US Marine Corps as a Battalion Surgeon...
Marine Sgt. Larry Peters

Marine Sgt. Larry Peters

“I’m going to come back with the Medal of Honor,” Larry Peters told his mother when he left for Vietnam, “or I’m not coming back.” It would be his second tour. Marine Sgt. Peters had already served a thirteen-month tour of duty when, because of his love for and desire...