2LT John P Bobo

May 20, 2019 | Marines

Second Lieutenant John. P. Bobo was not in an enviable position on March 30, 1967, when his company was ambushed by Viet Cong. Heavy machine-gun and mortar fire rained down. Outnumbered and outgunned, Bobo’s team took heavy casualties. A mortar blew off the...

Corporal Jason Dunham

May 19, 2019 | Marines

Throwing yourself on a grenade. This idea has become a cultural and mythological cliché, akin to the idea of a cowboy showdown at high noon. Something that maybe happened once or twice, but has been so exaggerated in pop culture as to have entered the realm of myth....

Platoon Sergeant Joseph Randolph Julian

May 18, 2019 | Marines

The phrase “One-Man Army” is over-used, but if anyone deserves the moniker, it’s Platoon Sergeant Joseph Randolph Julian. During the siege of the Iwo Jima, Julian’s platoon inadvertently stumbled onto one of the many hidden mini-fortifications...

Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class William “Doc” Halyburton

May 13, 2019 | Marines, Navy

“Pharmacist’s Mate, Second Class” isn’t the type of rank you’d expect to see associated with a Medal of Honor winner. But William “Doc” Halyburton was no average man. A Navy corpsman serving with a Marine Rifle Company in the...

Col Katherine Amelia Towle

May 3, 2019 | Marines

Colonel Katherine Amelia Towle (April 30, 1898 – March 1, 1986) was the second Director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve (USMCWR) and the first Director of Women Marines. Towle was born in Towle, California on April 30, 1898. (The town was named...

SGT William Arthur Ehren Tool

Apr 21, 2019 | Marines

War: Persian Gulf War, 1991 Branch: Marine Corps Unit: Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Service Location: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Camp Pendleton, California; Twentynine Palms, California; Saudi Arabia; Kuwait; Italy; Paris,...