Outstanding heroism
On May 15, 1968, fighter pilot Captain Robert M. Gatewood submitted this memorandum detailing the events of May 12 at Kham Duc, in the Republic of Vietnam. His memo...
"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...
Transcript of report of heroism
First Lieutenant Jack E. Deichman’s report of Captain Manuel “Jay” S. Vargas’s heroism during the Vietnam War supported awarding him the Medal of Honor. This...
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,”...
"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...