National Medal of Honor Day
March 25 was established by Congress as National Medal of Honor Day to “foster public appreciation and recognition of Medal of Honor recipients.” As of March 25, 2023, there are 3,511 recipients who have received the Medal of Honor since the Civil War and of them, there are 61 are alive one was a woman from Civil War and there is only one who was enlisted in the United States Coast Guard during World War II
Undaunted Valor:
Medal of Honor Paperback –
April 10, 2020
Tracer fire streaked through the sky like angry bolts of lightning…
…Metal crunched and the helicopter shook.
Smoke and flames began to fill the aircraft. They were going to crash…
Major Adams flew low over the treetops in his Huey, expertly dodging enemy ground fire until his helicopter was shot down. On Firebase 6, 1st Lieutenant Brian Thacker fought desperately to provide the besieged men the time they needed to retreat. They had to get into the helicopters before they were overrun by the North Vietnamese.
Will the calls for artillery fire be enough to turn the tide of this battle?
Will Lieutenant Thacker or Major Adams survive? Join Lieutenant Dan Cory as he returns to Vietnam with his old unit, flying north from Lai Khe to Dak To.
Undaunted Valor recounts the battle that took place on Firebases 5 and 6 in Dak To that resulted in two men receiving the Medal of Honor.
Matt Jackson recounts some of the most intense helicopter and ground combat actions of the Vietnam war from the eyes of a man who spent two combat tours there. His accounts reveal the dedication the helicopter crews had to each other and the grunts they supported. Awarded the Silver Star for his own actions in the battle, Matt brings realism to this long-forgotten battle that continues to play out in the minds of those who fought it.
If you love heart-pounding action, visceral battles, and true tales of heroism, grab your copy of Undaunted Valor today.
The History of the Medal of Honor
A film by Ed Hooper
Medal of Honor: The History, follows the medal’s journey from the time its design was first conceived in 1861, the difficulties in obtaining congressional approval during the Civil War to the exalted place it now holds as our nation’s highest military award for extraordinary acts of wartime valor. The film, narrated by Gary Sinise and shot on location across the United States features never-before-seen documents, photographs, and interviews with congressional and armed forces historians illustrating the craftsmanship that goes into creating the medal. It was produced by the Medal of Honor Convention – Knoxville 2014 as a legacy project to be donated to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
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Uncommon Valor:
The Recon Company that
Earned Five Medals of Honor
and
Included America’s Most Decorated Green Beret
Hardcover – Illustrated, September 1, 2018
by Stephen L. Moore (Author)
Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army’s Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, and attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots and other black ops missions. During that time, Forward Operating Base-2’s (FOB-2’s) recon company became the most highly decorated unit of the Vietnam War, with five of its men earning the Medal of Honor and eight earning the Distinguished Service Cross-America’s second-highest military award for valor. Purple Hearts were earned by SOG veterans at a pace unparalleled in American wars of the twentieth century, with casualties at times exceeding 100 percent. One, Bob Howard, was wounded on fourteen different occasions, received eight Purple Hearts, was written up after three different missions for the Medal of Honor, and emerged from Vietnam as the most highly decorated soldier since World War II’s Audie Murphy.
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