July 28, 2022

Four Chaplains

The Four Chaplains, also known as the Immortal Chaplains, were four World War II chaplains who died while saving civilians and military personnel when the US troop ship SS Dorchester sank in the Atlantic with 902 men on February 3rd, 1943, in what is known as the second worst maritime disaster of World War II.
February 24, 2021

Melvin Morris – Justice delayed

Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commander of a Strike Force drawn from Company D, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, during combat operations against an armed enemy in the vicinity of Chi Lang, Republic of Vietnam on September 17, 1969.