Medal of Honor Recipients Visit Soldiers in Baghdad
Medal of Honor Recipients Visit Soldiers in Baghdad * By Army Sgt. Dustin Roberts Special to American Forces Press Service BAGHDAD, April 15, 2009 – Two Vietnam War veterans who survived combat and who received the Medal of Honor visited soldiers serving in Multinational Division Baghdad here with the 1st Infantry Division’s 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team at [...]
War Remembrances: Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, USMC, WW II Congressional Medal of Honor
A reminder to all of the people in this country and in the world of the sacrifice and bravery of Americans in past wars. Today’s War Remembrance honors Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone of New Jersey. MOH from actions in the Solomon Islands in 1942 and KIA at Iwo Jima 1945….6 months before the end of [...]
Medal of Honor: February 24, 1969, Airman First Class John L. Levitow
On February 24, 1969, Airman First Class John L. Levitow was assigned duty as a loadmaster aboard an AC-47 "Spooky" gunship flying a night mission in support of Long Binh Army Post in South Vietnam