Stories of Medal Of Honor Heroes

The Medal Synopsis
This television special and DVD documentary explores our nation’s recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Of the over 40 million men and women who have served in our nation’s Armed Forces, there stands above all a group of but 3,442 individuals – our nation’s recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

They came from every corner of our nation, and together they represent every race and creed that has formed our rich and diverse culture. More than half died in the action that resulted in their receiving the Medal.

Of those who survived, some became household names and went on to fame and fortune. But most went quietly home to the towns and cities they loved across America. Still others lived out their remaining life in poverty and obscurity, forgotten by the nation for which they sacrificed so much.
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The Medal

Double Medal of Honor Heroes
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BALDWIN, FRANK D. First Lieutenant U.S. Army Indian War Campaigns
BUTLER, SMEDLEY DARLINGTON Major U.S. Marine Corps Haiti 1915
COOPER, JOHN Coxswain U.S. Navy Civil War
CUKELA, LOUIS Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps World War I
CUSTER, THOMAS W.Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Civil War
DALY, DANIEL JOSEPHGunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps Haiti 1915
HOFFMAN, CHARLES F. (AKA ERNEST JANSON) Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps World War I
HOGAN, HENRY First Sergeant U.S. Army Indian War Campaigns
KELLY, JOHN JOSEPH Private U.S. Marine Corps World War I
KING, JOHN Watertender U.S. Navy Interim 1901-1911
KOCAK, MATEJ Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps World War I
LAFFERTY, JOHN Fireman U.S. Navy Civil War
McCLOY, JOHN Coxswain U.S. Navy Boxer Rebellion
MULLEN, PATRICK Boatswain's Mate U.S. Navy Civil War
PRUITT, JOHN HENRY Corporal U.S. Marine Corps World War I
SWEENEY, ROBERT Ordinary Seaman U.S. Navy Interim 1871-1898
WEISBOGEL, ALBERT Captain of the Mizzen Top U.S. Navy Interim 1871-1898
WILLIAMS, LOUIS Captain of the Hold U.S. Navy Interim 1871-1898

Among the Medal of Honor Heroes are stories you never hear. One of them is Sammy Davis. I interviewed him at the Orlando Nam Knights Homes for Our Troops fundraiser. Sammy did what he did to earn the Medal of Honor, was beaten up at the airport back home, but Sammy loved this country so much that instead of just going back home to live a quiet life, he served more years as a member of the National Guards.

Here's Sammy's story.