American Valor: First Lieutenant William Deane Hawkins at Tarawa
American Valor by Ryan Gunning: 1st Lt. William Deane Hawkins led his scout-sniper platoon onto Betio at Tarawa in November 1943 and received the Medal of Honor.
← All Blog Series
Weekly · Sundays
American Valor
True stories of American military valor, every Sunday morning, from Ryan Gunning.
American Valor: Corporal Jason Dunham and the Grenade at Karabilah
American Valor by Ryan Gunning: Cpl. Jason Dunham, who covered a grenade with his helmet and body in Karabilah, Iraq, in 2004 and received the Medal of Honor.
American Valor: Sergeant Major Dan Daly, Two Medals of Honor
American Valor by Ryan Gunning: Sgt. Maj. Dan Daly, the only enlisted Marine to receive the Medal of Honor twice, at Peking in 1900 and Haiti in 1915.
American Valor: Sergeant John Basilone at Guadalcanal
Sgt. John "Manila John" Basilone held the line at Guadalcanal in October 1942, earning the Medal of Honor, then returned to combat and fell at Iwo Jima.
American Valor: Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter on the Rooftop at Marjah
Ryan Gunning's weekly American Valor series begins with Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, who received the Medal of Honor for shielding a fellow Marine from a grenade in Marjah, Afghanistan.