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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

WATCH: Trump Honors US Soldier Who Boldly Defied Nazis and Saved 200 Jewish Troops

Army Sergeant Roddie Edmonds posthumously received the Medal of Honor for defying Nazi orders and saving over 200 Jewish soldiers from certain death during World War II.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

Army pilot wounded in Maduro raid gets Congressional Medal of Honor during Trump's speech

Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover received the Congressional Medal of Honor for piloting a helicopter during a covert raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, despite sustaining severe gunshot wounds to his leg and hip.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Retired 100-year-old fighter pilot from Escondido receives Medal of Honor

In the skies over Korea in 1952, Royce was in the dogfight of a lifetime, a legendary dogfight. Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes. Despite being outnumbered, Williams took down four of the jet fighters as his plane was hit more than 260 times and he was severely injured.
US politics
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