Medal of Honor Citation Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc, who shot down nine enemy aircraft during his two tours of duty in the Pacific at Guadalcanal and Okinawa and was awarded the Medal of Honor, was born in Lockport, Louisiana, on 15 February 1921.
Mitchell Paige, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient for action during WWII at the Battle of Guadalcanal. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Paige was sent overseas with the 7th Marines. In September 1942, the unit landed at Guadalcanal. By this time, Paige had been a machine-gunner for six years and was the platoon leader.
The National WWII Museum honors veterans with the ongoing Medal of Honor Series— profiling individuals that went above and beyond the call of duty in every theater of the war. The goal is to represent every Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. Our Nation’s highest military award for valor is given for action above and beyond the call
Purple Heart. Corporal Anthony Casamento (November 16, 1920 – July 18, 1987) was presented the Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter on September 12, 1980, in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, 38 years after Cpl Casamento's heroism on Guadalcanal in 1942.
List of Medal of Honor recipients; List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II; Depictions in media. James Jones wrote The Thin Red Line based on his experiences in Guadalcanal during the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse as a member of the 27th Infantry Regiment. Here Davis takes the form of Capt. John Gaff.
As the first enlisted Marine to earn the Medal of Honor in the war, for his heroic actions on Guadalcanal in October 1942, Basilone became something of a reluctant celebrity. After news of the decoration went public in the summer of 1943, he returned home that September to embark on a war bond tour, which was standard practice for well
The Army’s surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, and 200 others saluted 52 medics who have received the Medal of Honor. They met at Fort Sam Houston’s Pergola, a permanent exhibit of ambulances and medevac helicopters, to break ground on a Medal of Honor Walk. The $1.3 million walk will recount the heroics of Army Medical Department
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