"…and everybody froze"
In this eyewitness statement, three radio telephone operators describe how Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims saved the lives of all the soldiers in the area. Sims was...
C-123 in flight
This C-123K aircraft flies a paratrooper-dropping mission over Vietnam’s Mekong Delta on March 27, 1969. Originally designed during World War II as a glider, the...
Captain Vargas, United States Marine
This is a draft of the citation that would accompany the award of the Medal of Honor to Marine Captain Manuel S. Vargas. Vargas saved the lives of many of his men...
Clifford Sims
Army Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims saved the men in his squad by throwing himself on top of an exploding booby trap on February 21, 1968. Sims was killed instantly and...
"Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity"
This official citation accompanied the award of the Medal of Honor to Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson. It details his heroic actions in the Republic of...
Daily staff journal
Item 19 on this daily staff journal documents the exact time when Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon—11:03 A.M. The entry was made by a soldier in the 101st Airborne...
Defending the embassy
On January 30, 1968, a team of Vietcong blew a hole in the wall of the U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon, South Vietnam. Part of the larger Tet Offensive, this battle...