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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Lt. Col. Harold Bauer

During his months of defending Henderson Field, Bauer was credited with downing 11 Japanese aircraft but the American hero was declared killed in action.

Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers ~ Medal of Honor Monday

Rogers ran through a hail of exploding shells to rally his dazed crewmen into firing their howitzers back at the much larger enemy. Despite being hit by an exploding round...

Navy Vice Adm. Joel T. Boone : Medal of Honor Monday

Boone's journal said that he and other corpsmen suffered through three gas attacks and artillery barrages that caused their housing to shake and the ground to "pulsate."

Army Staff Sgt. Alvin P. Carey : Medal of Honor Monday

Army Staff Sgt. Alvin P. Carey began chucking grenades, hoping to get at least one inside the hideout. He had to stand up at one point...

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Army 1st Lt. Axel H. Reed : Medal of Honor Monday

Army 1st Lt. Axel H. Reed fought valiantly through the entire conflict, even after he lost an arm during one of the two battles...

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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney Davis

Marine Sgt. Rodney M. Davis had planned to make a career out of the Corps before the war in Vietnam started. Unfortunately, he never came back...

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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Rear Adm. Claud Jones

Jones requested that those who were injured get to shore before him. His bravery and selflessness inspired his men, who refused to go unless he went, too.

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Marine Corps Gen. Louis Wilson Jr. : Medal of Honor Monday

Gen. Louis H. Wilson Jr. retired as the commandant of the Marine Corps in the late 1970s, but he made a name for himself long before that.

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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Cpl. Larry Smedley

Smedley noticed about 100 enemy fighters carrying 122-mm rocket launchers and mortars toward a hill that was within range of the complex, they were outnumbered 15 to 1.

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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Pfc. Robert C. Burke

Burke kept moving, systematically quieting the hostile fire until his weapon malfunctioned. He then grabbed a rifle & some hand grenades off someone nearby & kept fighting...

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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Corpsman William Halyburton Jr.

According to a 2010 Asheville Citizen-Times article, Halyburton was a conscientious objector, meaning he would serve but would not bear arms.

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Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Raymond Beaudoin

Army 1st Lt. Raymond Beaudoin made it through years of battle during World War II, just to be cut down within reach of its end. But the actions he took to save his platoon will always be remembered.

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