Author: gideonasche

Pfc DEWAYNE T. WILLIAMSCompany H, 2d Battalion,1st Marines, 1st Marine DivisionQuang Nam Province, RVN18 September 1968 Pfc. Williams was a member of a night combat patrol when it was attacked from ambush by a squad of enemy using small arms and hand grenades. Although severely wounded, Pfc. Williams, began to crawl forward toward a good … Continue reading 18 September

LT ARTHUR M. PRESTONTorpedo Boat Squadron 33Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island16 September 1944 Lt Preston was Commanding Officer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 33 when a Naval Aviator was downed inside enemy waters. The flyers unit tried to affect a rescue using PBY aircraft but was driven away by enemy fire. Proximity of enemy gun emplacements … Continue reading 16 September

Maj. JOHN LUCIAN SMITHCommanding VMF – 223Solomon Islands areaAugust-September 19 Maj. Smith led his squadron in battle against a greatly superior enemy force. He personally shot down 16 enemy aircraft between 21 August and 15 September 1942. Major Smith Repeatedly risked his life in aggressive and daring attacks against enemy forces. Although most of his … Continue reading 15 September

Capt. L. WARDLAW MILES 308th Infantry, 77th Division Revillon, France 14 September 1918 Capt. Miles volunteered to lead an attack on a vital position near the Aisne Canal. Other attempts had already failed and Cpt. Miles was well aware that the odds of success were tiny. They made their attack without the benefit of artillery … Continue reading 14 September

Maj KENNETH D. BAILEY Commanding Officer Co C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 12-13 September 1942. Henderson Field came under ferocious attack within an hour of Maj Bailey’s unit taking up defensive positions. Threatened on the right flank by the penetration of the enemy into a gap in the main line Maj Bailey … Continue reading 13 September

2Lt  J. HUNTER WICKERSHAM 353d Infantry, 89th Division Near Limey, France 12 September 1918 Moving under heavy enemy artillery barrage Lt. Wickersham was wounded 4 times by shrapnel as he led his platoon in an advance on enemy forces. He dressed his own wounds and the wounds of the company medic, also wounded in the … Continue reading 12 September

Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney DC Air National Guard Washington D.C. Metro Area On the morning of Sept. 11th, 2001, Lt. Penney didn’t have time to consider what had just happened. She had to “Ruck up” and take the fight to the enemy.  She was one of only 2 combat aircraft to launch in time to … Continue reading 11 September

Cpl GORDON M. CRAIG 16th Reconnaissance Company 1st Cavalry Division Kasan, Korea 10 September 1950 CPL Craig, 16th Reconnaissance Company, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. During the attack on a strategic enemy-held hill his company’s advance was subjected to intense hostile … Continue reading 10 September

PSGT JAMES M. LOGAN 36th Infantry Division Near Salerno, Italy 9 September 1943 Sgt. Logan landed with the first wave of the assault on the beaches of Salerno. Once his company was on the beach and moving inland they came under heavy counter-attack from enemy emplacements behind a long rock wall. Sgt Logan voluntarily exposed himself … Continue reading 9 September

Capt. WILLIAM D. SWENSON 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade Combat Team. 10th Mountain Div. Sep. 8, 2009 Ganjgal, Kunar Prov, Afghanistan Captain William D. Swenson was serving as an embedded advisor to the Afghan National Border Police, Task Force Phoenix.  On the morning of Sept. 8th 2009, more than 60 well-armed, well-positioned enemy … Continue reading 8 September