Medal of Honor Recipients

[Andy in NH]

RIP.

Thanks.

The First Medal of Honor Recipient of the Vietnam War Dies at Age 89

Roger H.C. Donlon was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson in a White House ceremony on Dec. 5, 1964. He was the first of 268 Medal of Honor recipients of the Vietnam War.

www.military.com

 

[Matt_SERE]

Yesterday was Medal of Honor Day, and I didn't get to the cemetery between errands and the Drs. Here is the status of the Museum being built in Texas.

Medal of Honor Day 2024 - Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Medal of Honor Day, held annually on March 25, provides an opportunity for Medal of Honor Recipients and the public alike to pause and reflect on the importance of service […]

www.cmohs.org

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bj8r7ZH29Y

 

[Matt_SERE]

Annual remembrance.

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsmTr-vPyvM/?img_index=1

 

[Andy in NH]

Sergeant Clyde A. Thomason (May 23, 1914 – August 17, 1942) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism at the cost of his life while leading an assault during the raid on Makin Island on August 17, 1942.

Thomason was the first enlisted Marine to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II.

Arlington National Cemetery, October 2024:

 

[PatMcD]

This man has got to be the biggest badass Mainer who ever lived. Not just for the action where he earned the MOH, but his entire military career.
I have heard part of it, but not all of it.
Unbelievable.
My friends in the Maine Army Guard loved it when he would come to talk with them. A favorite story is when he tells them about the bayonet charges (plural, not singular!). He say "Boys, them slant-eyed bastards were tough fighters, but let me tell you; their eyes get just as round as yours and mine when you stick 10 inches of cold bayonet in their guts"



View: https://youtu.be/-aivkapXU14?si=hz0leHnbIAvEX3jE

 

[Andy in NH]

Two Medal of Honor recipients (Ray Mabus & Kyle Carpenter) have ships named after them.

SECNAV Del Toro Names Four More Warships at SNA, 16 Ships Named This Month - USNI News

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro named four more warships on Wednesday at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium. Del Toro named three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers and one Constellation-class guided-missile frigate. Those ships are the future USS Ray Mabus...

news.usni.org

 

[FPrice]

Yesterday was Medal of Honor Day, and I didn't get to the cemetery between errands and the Drs. Here is the status of the Museum being built in Texas.

Medal of Honor Day 2024 - Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Medal of Honor Day, held annually on March 25, provides an opportunity for Medal of Honor Recipients and the public alike to pause and reflect on the importance of service […]

www.cmohs.org

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bj8r7ZH29Y

There is a terrible situation going on with this museum involving the events at Takur Ghar.

The Medal of Honor Museum Cruelly Dishonors MoH Recipient Before It Opens Its Doors​

On March 4, 2002, as daylight was replacing darkness, Air Force combat controller John Chapman was fighting for his life. He was fighting alone on a snow-covered mountain in Afghanistan called Takur Ghar. The SEAL team he was attached to (codenamed MAKO 30), commanded by Senior Chief Britt Slabinski, had left him for dead. But Chapman wasn’t dead. After battling alone for the better part of an hour in the bitter cold, Chapman was almost out of ammunition. A Chinook (Razor 01) with a QRF of Rangers was 45 seconds from landing. Firing in three directions, Chapman was still killing Al Qaeda and laying down suppressing fire when he slipped his mortal coil. An Al Qaeda fighter took his life with a bullet to the heart. That final, fatal wound was his 16th battle wound. Chapman had fought to the last second of his life. Had he not, it is likely Razor 01 and the men aboard could have suffered the same fate as Chapman. As it was, three QRF soldiers were gunned down as the loaded Chinook settled into knee-deep snow.

The Medal of Honor Museum Cruelly Dishonors MoH Recipient Before It Opens Its Doors

redstate.com

 

[Andy in NH]

There is a terrible situation going on with this museum involving the events at Takur Ghar.

The Medal of Honor Museum Cruelly Dishonors MoH Recipient Before It Opens Its Doors​

The Medal of Honor Museum Cruelly Dishonors MoH Recipient Before It Opens Its Doors

redstate.com

There is a change.org petition to correct this:

https://www.change.org/p/demand-for-john-chapman-s-full-exhibit-in-the-national-medal-of-honor-museum