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Monday Open Thread

SPRAYBERRY, JAMES M .

Rank and Organization: Captain (then 1st Lt.), U.S. Army, Company D, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and Date: Republic of Vietnam, 25 April 1968 Date of Issue: 10/09/1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and [...]

Sunday Open Thread

KANE, JOHN R. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force. Place and date: Ploetsi Raid, Rumania, 1 August 1943. Entered service at: Shreveport, La. Birth: McGregor, Tex. G.O. No.: 54, 9 August 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action and intrepidity at the risk of his life above [...]

Saturday Open Thread

McGUNIGAL, PATRICK

Rank and organization: Shipfitter First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 30 May 1876, Hubbard, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 341, 1917. Citation: For extraordinary heroism while attached to the Huntington. On the morning of 17 September 1917, while the U.S.S. Huntington was passing through the war zone, a kite balloon was sent [...]

Friday Open Thread

AUSTIN, OSCAR P.

Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, (Rein), FMF Place and Date: West of Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, 23 February 1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...]

Thursday Open Thread

MARTINI, GARY W.

Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Place and Date: Binh Son, Republic of Vietnam, 21 April 1967

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 21 [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

DOOLITTLE, JAMES H. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Air Corps. Place and date: Over Japan. Entered service at: Berkeley, Calif. Birth: Alameda, Calif. G.O. No.: 29, 9 June 1942. Citation: For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

*HARTELL, LEE R.

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Battery A, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kobangsan-ni, Korea, 27 August 1951. Entered service at: Danbury, Conn. G.O. No.: 16, 1 February 1952.

Citation: 1st. Lt. Hartell, a member of Battery A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry [...]

Monday Open Thread

Corporal Jason L. Dunham

Date of Issue: 01/11/2007 Organization: U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental [...]

Sunday Open Thread

*THOMAS, WILLIAM H.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, 149th Infantry, 38th Infantry Division. Place and date: Zambales Mountains Luzon, Philippine Islands, 22 April 1945. Entered service at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Birth. Wynne, Ark. G.O. No.: 81, 24 September 1945. Citation: He was a member of the leading squad of Company B, which [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti

Date of Issue: 09/17/2009 Organization: U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division

Citation: Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron, 71st [...]

Friday Open Thread

From the Second Nicaraguan Campaign (1932)

TRUESDELL, DONALD LEROY (Name officially changed to Truesdale )

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Place and date: Vicinity Constancia, near Coco River, northern Nicaragua, 24 April 1932. Entered service at: South Carolina. Born: 8 August 1906, Lugoff, S.C. Citation: Cpl. Truesdale was second in command of [...]

Thursday Open Thread

FERGUSON, FREDERICK EDGAR

Rank and Organization: Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, Company C, 227th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and date: Hue, Republic of Vietnam, 31 January 1968 Date of Issue: 05/17/1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

Combat operations at Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965. Bruce P. Crandall’s UH-1 Huey dispatches infantry while under fire.

CRANDALL, BRUCE P.

Rank and Organization: Major, U.S. Army, Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Place and dates: Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam, 14 November 1965. Place and date of [...]

Sunday Open Thread

HANDRICH, MELVIN O.

Rank and organization: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company C, 5th Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Near Sobuk San Mountain, Korea, 25 and 26 August 1950. Entered service at: Manawa, Wis. G.O. No.: 60, 2 August 1951.

Citation: M/Sgt. Handrich, Company C, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and [...]

Saturday Open Thread

MURPHY, AUDIE L.

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 1 5th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Tex. G.O. No.. 65, 9 August 1945. Citation 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which [...]

Friday Open Thread

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Rank and organization: brigadier general, U.S. Army. Place and date: Normandy invasion, 6 June 1944. Entered service at: Oyster Bay, N.Y. Birth: Oyster Bay, N.Y. G.O. No.: 77, 28 September 1944. Citation: for gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 6 [...]

Thursday Open Thread

Charles Heyward Barker Rank and organization: Private First Class (then Pvt.), U.S. Army, Company K, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Sokkogae, Korea, 4 June 1953. Entered service at: Pickens County, S.C. G.O. No.: 37, 7 June 1955.

Citation: Pfc. Barker, a member of Company K, distinguished himself by [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

For May, and for Memorial Day, we’ll be highlighting Medal of Honor recipients… this is Sgt. Alvin C. York (formerly corporal of course):

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, [...]

Monday Open Thread

Dave Parker of the Pirates… smoking in the dugout. It’s the ’70s!

Sunday Open Thread

Lou Gehrig talks to his replacement at first base, Babe Dahlgren, May 2, 1939 after removing himself from the lineup after 2,130 consecutive games.