Navy Times on MSN2d
This Medal of Honor recipient jumped on a live flare to save his crew
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
Military Times on MSN4d
Medal of Honor recipient faced down 100 enemy troops to cover his men
Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...
Stars and Stripes1d
Critics say Medal of Honor museum shortchanges airman’s achievements
More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...
Military Times on MSN10d
After 50 years, this WWII soldier finally received his Medal of Honor
After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...
Military Times2d
This Medal of Honor recipient jumped on a live flare to save his crew
John Levitow, shown here in 1996, was the first enlisted airman to receive the Medal of Honor, earning the award ... from civil engineering to the U.S. Navy and finally, on June 6, 1966 ...
Army Times5d
Medal of Honor recipient faced down 100 enemy troops to cover his men
As the Germans launched their last, desperate offensive on the Western Front in mid-1918, a relatively new United States Army unit ... was awarded the Medal of Honor throughout World War I ...