The National WWII Museum honors veterans with the ongoing Medal of Honor Series— profiling individuals that went above and beyond the call of duty in every theater of the war. The goal is to represent every Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. Our Nation’s highest military award for valor is given for action above and beyond the call Major John L. Smith, Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223), fought in the air battle for Guadalcanal.He scored 19 victories in the crucial August-September 1942 period and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership and his personal achievements in aerial combat. The Army’s surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, and 200 others saluted 52 medics who have received the Medal of Honor. They met at Fort Sam Houston’s Pergola, a permanent exhibit of ambulances and medevac helicopters, to break ground on a Medal of Honor Walk. The $1.3 million walk will recount the heroics of Army Medical Department

Appendix 9: Medal of Honor Recipients for Patrol Aviation (PDF, 95 KB) Appendix 10: Patrol Squadron Korean War Deployments (PDF, 40 KB) Appendix 11: Patrol Squadron Vietnam Deployments (1964-1972) (PDF, 50 KB) Appendix 12: Patrol Squadron Persian Gulf Deployments (1990-1991) (PDF, 27 KB)

Awards. Medal of Honor. Bronze Star. Purple Heart. Travis Earl Watkins (September 5, 1920 – September 3, 1950) was a United States Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War. A veteran of World War II, Watkins was awarded the medal for his conspicuous leadership during the Battle of Yongsan .
Colonel Mitchell Paige was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1918. He enlisted in the Marine Corps September 1, 1936 and went to recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He is the sole surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the ground battle for Guadalcanal, America's first ground offensive of WWII. jkDl76I.
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