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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
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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,” ...
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This Medal of Honor recipient jumped on a live flare to save his crew
The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point: John Lee Levitow’s ultimate moment of truth was less attributable to enemy forces than it was to his own ...