Medal Of Honor
Medal Of Honor
Medal Of Honor
The Civil War
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton first authorized a new medal, known now as the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government to her Soldiers & Sailors.
World War One
Sergeant Alvin C. York of the U.S. 82nd Division is probably the most famous Medal of Honor recipient and his combat experience is detailed here. As is the epic story of Corporal Freddie Stowers who was posthumously awarded.
World War Two Europe
Medal of Honor awardee First Lieutenant Robert Waugh is one anchor story for Episode Three, along with African-Americans and Lieutenants Vernon Baker and John R. Fox fighting the German Army in the Italian Campaign.
World War Two Pacific
United States Marine and Army stories from the island-to-island Pacific War take us from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima. Private John McKinney's actions on the Philippine Island of Luzon and Sergeant Thomas A. Baker's fight at Saipa.
The Korean War
Episode Five details the "Forgotten War" and awardees First Lieutenant Walter Schowalter, Corporal Rodolfo Hernandez and Sergeant Cornelius Charlton for battle against the Communist Chinese and North Koreans.
The Vietnam War
Episode Six lands in the jungles and the rocky grasslands of Vietnam, telling the stories of several men whose actions at the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley in 1965 earned them the Medal of Honor - most notably Second Lieutenant Walter Joseph Marm.