Deputy Sheriff Ian Michael Deutch

May 22, 2019 | Army, Police

Deputy Ian Deutch was shot and killed as he and another deputy responded to a shooting call at a casino in Pahrump, Nevada. A woman had called 911 and then fled to the casino during a domestic disturbance in which a man had fired a rifle at her. As Deputy Deutch and...

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...