"The Navy Department deeply regrets to inform you…"
This telegram to Mrs. Edith Munro broke the news of her son's death during World War II. Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro was later posthumously awarded the...
"They were magnificent"
Technical Sergeant Morton J. Freedman submitted this statement of his rescue from Kham Duc, Republic of Vietnam. Freedman and the other two members of the Combat...
Unfaltering devotion to duty
First Lieutenant Jack E. Deichman recalled the “outstanding leadership, calm presence of mind, unfaltering devotion to duty, and disregard for his own safety,”...
Valor second to none
Lieutenant Colonel Richard P. Schumann describes in detail the rescue of three Combat Controllers by the pilots of "a slow, un-armed, highly vulnerable transport...
"Vicious hail"
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth L. Phillips describes in this statement how Private First Class Desmond Doss gave medical aid to men under "a vicious hail of enemy grenade and...
York conscientiously objects
This is a claim of appeal for Alvin Cullum York, who was initially denied his claim for a discharge from the U.S. Army based on religious principles. York later...