Amarillo Globe-News on MSN3h
VA center holds remembrance ceremony for Thomas E Creek, Amarillo Marine hero
Lance Cpl. Creek was awarded a Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic sacrifice, and the Amarillo VA Medical Center was ...
Marine Corps Times on MSN5d
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,” as it patrolled the night sky around Tan Son Nhut Air Base when a call came ...
Stars and Stripes4d
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 ...
Stars and Stripes7d
On enemy lookout, 1967
Somewhere around Con Thien, Vietnam: A Marine scans the perimeter for any enemy activity. Marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune18d
New Mount Soledad plaque honors Naval pilot who earned Medal of Honor in Vietnam
Lassen is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon ... the same black granite as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Neil O’Connell ...
Greg Jordan: Missing Medal of Honor portrait found in McDowell County
A Medal of Honor recipient's portrait and citation are now out of a courthouse closet and back up on a courthouse wall. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recently ran a letter to the editor from Ed ...
San Diego Union-Tribune23d
Plaque and monument to be dedicated to Vietnam veteran and Navy helicopter pilot who was awarded Medal of Honor
Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor ... the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast ...