Category Heroe’s Portraits
An aviation hero dies. John E. ‘Captain Jack’ Gallagher ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth November 27th according to his family. Captain Jack did more for aviation, specifically rotary-wing aviation than most men half his age. Here’s part of the… Continue Reading →
Cpt. Noel Chevasse is one of the three men who have earned the Victoria Cross twice. He was a doctor and earned both awards during the First World War. He won the first VC during the battle of the Somme… Continue Reading →
 Sydir Kovpak was a Ukrainian partisan in World War II who fought the Germans behind the lines in the Ukraine and a two-time winner of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Kovpak began his military service in World War I… Continue Reading →
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a female Soviet sniper during World War II. She is credited with 309 confirmed kills and was awarded the Soviet Union’s highest medal for bravery, the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943. After being… Continue Reading →
Staff Sergeant Stanley Bender, US Army SSG Bender was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions in France during World War II. He climbed on top of a knocked out tank to locate the source of machine-gun fire… Continue Reading →
Captain Charles Upham is one of the three men who were awarded the Victoria Cross twice. Both his awards were won during World War II, the first in the Battle for Crete in 1941 and the second at the… Continue Reading →
Double VC holder: Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake is a two-time winner of the Victoria Cross. He is one of only three men who have won the VC twice, and two of the double winners were… Continue Reading →
I had to include Sergeant William Wilson because he is one of the nineteen people who have been twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and because he belonged the regiment that I was assigned to for both of my… Continue Reading →
I decided that it might be interesting to profile some of the people who have been awarded the highest medal for bravery their country gives. I will start with Sgt. Luke O’Connor of the British Army who was the… Continue Reading →