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Don’t youSun realize fromMon the beginning ofTue time, Wed Thu Fri Sat ever since people were placed on the earth, the triumphYou ofwere the deadwicked because has been of yourshor tsins lived and and because your sinful nature was 1Sgt RobertA. 2Maj Raymond H. the joynot of yet the cut godless away. has Then been God only made temporary. you alive with Christ, for he forgave Owens* USMC, Wilkins* USAAF, KIA putting can- sank a destroyer and Though all our the sins. pride He of canceledthe godless the reaches record toof the the charges against us and took it non out of action, a transport before heavensall away and theirby nailing heads it touch to the the cross…You clouds, yet have died with Christ, and he Cape Torokina, being KIA, New Bougainville, 1943. Britain, Nov 2, they has will set vanish you freeforever, from thrown the spiritual away like powers their of this world. Col 2: 13, 14, 20. 1943. own dung. Job 20:4-7, New Living Translation. 3Sgt Charles E. 41stLt Turney W. 5Cpl Michael 62ndLt Robert D. 7Sgt Herbert J. 8Col Demas T. 91st Lt Donald Moyer USA, took Leonard USA, held Red Cloud Jr.* Reem* USMC, KIA Thomas* USMC, Craw* (KIA) & Maj trying to land B-17 command of squad; off attack, directed USA, refused when he covered KIA when he leaped Pierpont M. Hamil- with wounded crew- destroyed 2 fire which destroyed medical aid to grenade with his on grenade thrown ton USAAF nego- man after the rest of machineguns and 6 tanks, KIA, Kom- continue to fight body to protect his at machinegun, but tiated Vichy French his crew parachuted riflemen before merscheidt, Germany enemy until KIA, non-commissioned bounced off vines Surrender, Mo- safely 1944.J.Gott KIA, Leyte, 1944. 4-6, 1944. Korea, 1950. officers, Chinhung- into his men, Bou- rocco, 1942. USAAF killed. ni, Korea. 1950. gainville, 1943.

10Capt Maurice 11WW I ends 11 12 Tech Sgt 13 SSgt Junior 14LtCol Harold 15 Sgt Ruben 16 SSgt Andrew Lee Footsie Britt a.m., 1918; PFC Forest E Everhart James I. Spurrier W. Bauer USMC, Rivers (Afro Miller USA, KIA, USA (former NFL Floyd K. Lindstrom USA drove back USA with BAR, M1 suadron commader American) USA, knocked out ma- player & future USA, outnumbered 5 superior German & captured weapons VMF 212, actions wounded in lead chineguns; captured Arkansas governor) to 1, fought duel with forces with tanks, killed 1 officer and included solo attack tank, took command 4 Gestapo officers; fought off 100 German machinegun self-propelled 24 men, captured 2 on Jap squadron of second tank, hit by rifle grenade; Germans with small 10 yards away, cap- guns, & infantry, officers and 2 men, attacking USS Mc- continued advance knocked out gun, force 1943; Birth- tured it with pistol killing 50, Kerling, single-handedly Farland, shooting until KIA near Woippy, France to days: Martin Luther, then used it on France, 1943. captured Achain, down 4, May 10 - Guebling, France, Germany Nov 16- 1483, US Marine enemy, Italy 1943. France, 1944. Nov 14, 1942. Nov 15-19, 1944. 29, 1944. Corps, 1775.

171st Lt Bernard 18Capt Joseph J. 19Capt John P. 20SSgt William 211st Lt 221st Lt Alex- 231st Lt Edward J. Ray USA died Foss USMC, shot Cromwell USN, J. Bordelon USMC, William D. Haw- ander Bonnyman Jr A. Silk USA took 2 blowing up a wire down 26 planes over stayed on board KIA after single- kins USMC, KIA, USMC, KIA ,led machineguns cap- barricade knowing Guadalcanal, Oct 9, sinking sub to handedly destroying led men that demolition team that tured 12 Germans he couldn’t get 1942 - Nov 19, 1942, protect secrets 4 pill-boxes, destroyed pillboxes, destroyed pillboxes with rocks, St. away, Hurtgen Jan, 1943; he later from falling into Tarawa, 1943. Tarawa, 1943. Tarawa, 1943. Pravel, France, Forest near became governor of hands of Japanese, 1944. Schevenhutte, South Dakota. USS Sculpin near Germany, 1944. Truk, 1943.

24PFC Noah A. 25Major General 261stLt Frank 27SSgt Robert 28PFC Hector 29PFC William 30Capt William Knight* USA Alexander A. Van- N. Mitchell* S. Kennemore A. Cafferata B. Baugh USMC E. Barber Chosin attacked 3 enemy degrift, USMC, USMC, fought USMC, coverd a USMCR held off risked life to save Reservoir, Korea, troops, disabling 2 Battle of Guadal- superior numbers, grenade with his regimental size fellow Marines from Nov 28 –Dec 2, when his eplosive canal, Solomon KIA after single- foot to protect his enemy; wiped out 2 motarized column 1950& Capt Carl E. charges killed him Islands, Aug 7, 1942- handedly covering men (survived), platoons; tossed attack, Koto-ri to Sitter USMC, & all 3, Kowang- Dec 9, 1943. Later his squad’s escape, Yudam-ni, Korea, grenade from Hagaru-ri, Korea Haguru-ri, Korea San, Korea, Nov 23- 18th Commandant of Nansan-ni, Korea, Nov 27-28, 1950. wounded 1950. 1950. Nov 29-30, 1950. Cmdr24, 1951. Richard Marine Corps. H. O’Kane,1950.

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5/10/1942-11/14/1942, LtCol Harold W. Bauer*, 10/10/1944 -11/15/1944, Maj Richard Bong, CO VMF-212; his squadron destroyed 92 planes USAAF fighter pilot with 40 victories; died in and helped sink 2 destroyers; 8/7/1942-12/9/1942, crash same day as Hiroshima. 10/28-29/1944,- assaulted enemy platoon with th Maj Gen Alexander A. Vandegrift, Guadalcanal; 11/4/1944, Tech 5 Grade James K. Okubo, became 18th commandant of Marine Corps; 9/12/ tended wounded, pulled man from burning 1943-01/03/1944, Maj Gregory "Pappy" Boying- tank; 10/31/1919-11/1/1919, Cpl William R. ton , CO VMF-214, 26 victories, POW; 10/9/1942- Button & Sgt Herman H. Hanneken, from St. 11/19/1942, Jan, 1943, Capt Joe Foss, shot down Louis, Missouri, in , killed bandit chief, 26 planes as leader of flying circus. Later Governor of killed, captured, & dispersed 1200 followers. S. Dakota, President NRA, Amer. Football League Com.

11/1/1918, Sgt Arthur J. Forrest, St. Louis, silenced 11/1/1943, Sgt Robert A. Owens, Bougain- machinegun nest with 6 machineguns. 1st L Harold ville, KIA taking out Japanese 75 mm can- Furlong silenced 4 machinegun nests, took 20 non; 11/1/1968, Lt Col Charles C. Rogers, prisoners; 11/1/1942, Cpl Anthony Casamento, risked his life to repel the enemy and protect Guadalcanal, single-handedly manned machinegun his soldiers during an enemy assault on his against 2 enemy machineguns after fellow Marines fire base; 11/2/1943, Maj Raymond H. killed ; 11/1/1943 & 1/24/1944, 1st Lt Robert M. Wilkins* near Rabaul, sank 2 ships, KIA; Hanson*, Bougainville & New Britain Island, shot 11/2/1944, 1st Lt Cecil H. Bolton, wounded, down 25 planes (4 on Jan 24th). led in knocking out 88 mm German gun.

Pics 2-4: 11/2/1950, SSgt Archie Van Winkle, Sudong, severely wounded, continued to fight and lead men until passed out from loss of blood; 11/3/1918, Capt Marcellus H. Chiles*, led from the front despite enemy fire until

Left: 11/2/1944, 2nd Lt Robert E. Femoyer*, B17 mortally wounded, died 11/5/1918; 11/3/1944, navigator hit by 3 shells, refused morphine while Sgt Charles E. Mower*, Philippines, wounded guiding plane for 2 1/2 hours; died after landing. & half submerged in a stream took out 2 ma- chineguns and numerous riflemen, KIA. Color Guide: Black Air Force/ Army Air Corps; Green Army, Marines/ Navy Corpsman; Blue Navy/Coast Guard. Selected MOH Pictures back through WW I.

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11/4 -6/1944, 1st Lt Turney W. Leonard* , Kommer- 11/5/1918, Seaman Tedford H. Cann, USS scheidt, Germany, wounded, eliminated machine- May, dove into flooded compartment to find gun, directed fire destroying 6 tanks, KIA; 11/4/ and plug leak; 11/5/1950 Cpl Mitchell Red 19 50, Cpl Lee H. Phillips*, Sudong, risked life to Cloud, Jr. (Sgt USMC Carlson’s raiders WW defeat pocket of enemy resistance(killed 1/27/1950 II) shot 8 times had men tie him to tree and Yudam-ni). & Sgt James I. Pointer* KIA attacking withdraw, KIA; 11/5/1966, Sgt John F. Baker & eliminating 3 machineguns with grenades; 11/5/ eliminated redoubts, soldiers, recovered com- 1918, Capt Edward C. Allworth, swam across rades; Capt Robert F. Foley, wounded same canal, encouraged men to follow, captured 100. battle, single-handedly destroyed 3 positions.

11/ 6/1950, 2nd Lt Robert D. Reem* smothered 11/8/1918, Sgt M. Waldo Hatler, under heavy grenade, KIA; 11/7/1943, Sgt Herbert J. fire swam river to investigate positions. 11/8/ Thomas *, Bougainville led men who eliminated 1942 Col Dennis T. Craw*, & Maj Pierpont M. 2 machineguns then he smothered grenade Hamilton went on successful mission to broker thrown at third machinegun that bounced off peace with French in Morocco; although Craw jungle vines back into the middle of his men, killed by machinegun on the way there; 11/8/ KIA ; 11/7/1944, PFC Joe Nishimoto took out 3 1942, Col William H. Wilbur delivered armis- machinegun nests. 11/7/ 1967, Sp4 Robert S. tice letters to French in Casablanca; way back Stryker* smothered claymore mine, KIA. led tanks against battery. PICs 2-4: 11/8/1965, SP5 Lawrence Joel, wounded during Operation Hump, tended wounded under fire; 11/8/1966, Capt Euripides Rubio*, KIA directing air strikes against ene-

my, 1 of 5 Puerto Rican to receive posthumous

Left: 11/8/1944, Tech 5th Grade Alfred L. Wil- MOHs during Viet Nam War; 11/8-9/1967, son* sacrificed himself, tending wounded while Capt Gerald O. Young, distinguished himself wounded; directing others when too weak. as helicopter rescue crew commander. November is a month of great battles and great heroes Page 4 (Sources include Wikipedia and www.homeofheroes.com). Medal of Honor Heroes pictured below.

st nd 11/9 /1918, Pvt David B. Barkeley (also spelled 11/9/1944, 1 Lt Donald J. Gott* (pilot) & 2 Barkeley) , while under heavy enemy fire swam Lt William E. Metzger, Jr.* (co-pilot) of burn- Meuse River to investigate German positions; but ing B17 allowed most crew to parachute to got a cramp & drowned on way back; PFC/Sgt safety while staying behind to save wounded st Harold J. Johnston did same but made it back with radioman, when plane exploded; 11/9/1967, 1 critical information; 11/9/1918, Sgt Ludovicus M. Lt James A. Taylor, pulled wounded out of 3 Iersel (born in Hol-land) scouted damaged bridge burning vehicles before they exploded; also that gave way, forc-ing him to swim river to eliminated machinegun; 11/10/1943, 1st Lt investigate German posi-tions; (WW II Iersel Maurice “Footsie” Britt, wounded NFL player, served with 3rd Marine Divi-sion at Bougainville); repulsed German counter attack of 100, killed st 11/9/1943, PFC Henry Gurke* KIA when he 5, wounded 4, saved unit, 1 recipient of 3 top smothered grenade at Bougainville. awards in1 war; later Lt Gov. of Arkansas.

11/11/1943, PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom* used cap- 11/12-13/1942, Savo Island , Lt Cmdr Herbert tured machinegun on enemy when he couldn’t use Schonland, damage control officer, USS San his own; KIA 1 year later; 11/12-13/1942, Savo Francisco, saved ship from sinking after it took Island, Guadalcanal, USS , Adm 85 hits just above water line; Rear Adm Nor- Daniel J. Callaghan* KIA on flagship bridge with man Scott* KIA on light cruiser USS Atlanta, captain & staff directing action vs superior forces; (won earlier October battle of Cape Esperance); Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Reinhardt J. Keppler* 11/12/1944, TSgt Forrest Everhart, killed 50 KIA tending, dead, wounded, fire; Lt Cmdr Bruce Germans in attacking tank force; PFC Forest J. McCandless, took over & led ships to victory. Sayers killed 12 Germans; KIA by return fire. 11/12/1969, PFC Ralph P. Dias* severely wounded, threw grenades until enemy ma- chinegun was eliminated, KIA; 11/13/1944, SSgt Junior J. Spurrier using BAR, M1, American & German grenade launchers killed

1 officer, 24 enlisted, captured 2 officers & 2 LEFT: 11/12/1967, PFC John A. Barnes III* enlisted; 11/13/1966, 1st Lt Joseph Xavier manned machinegun after crew was killed & Grant* destroyed machinegun, rescued killed 9 enemy soldiers, then smothered grenade, wounded, after which he was killed by mortar

KIA. fire.

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11/14-19/1944, SSgt Ruben Rivers* under 11/13/1968, SSgt Laszlo Rabel* smothered fire, dismounted from lead tank to attach cable grenade; 11/14/1965 Maj Bruce P. Campbell & to road block & remove it, later, leg severely Capt Ed Freeman (1 of 14 early survivors of 257 at assaulted enemy platoon with wounded, refused to be evacuated, engaged Pork Chop Hill in Korea) repeatedly flew into enemy tanks until KIA; 11/15/1951, PFC landing zone in Ia Drang Valley under heavy fire Mack A. Jordan* KIA covering escape; 11/ (Crandall flew 22 missions & Freeman flew 14); 16/1944, SSgt Freeman V. Horner destroyed 3 Also at Ia Drang, 2nd Lt Walter J. Marm, Jr. made machineguns, captured 7 enemy; TSgt Jake successful 1 man assault up a hill at concealed W. Lindsey destroyed 2 machineguns, made machinegun, killing 8 plus enemy soldiers. tanks withdraw; hand-to-hand fighting.

st 11/16-29/1944, SSgt Andrew Miller* eliminated 4 11/17/1944, 1 Lt Bernard J. Ray* machineguns, captured numerous prisoners includ- d forced to blow himself up while ing 4 Gestapo officers, KIA; 11/17/1915, Maj destroying obstacle with banga- Smedley Butler (2nd MOH), Pvt Samuel Gross (2nd lore torpedoes; 11/18/1967, PFC man through the breach), Sgt Ross Lindsey Iams), Sammy L. Davis defended 42

repuls ed Caco resistance at Ft Riviere, Haiti; as man unit from hundreds of Viet 11/19/1966 members of 5th, 13th, 23rd, Marine and Sailor Cong; 11/19/1943, Capt John P. Sgt Ted detachment from USS , approached Cromwell* went down with sub Belcher* breach in wall of old French fort and ran inside to save secrets; 11/19/1944 PFC smothered under Caco bandit fire. Francis McGraw* destroyed guns grenade. d Tarawa 11/20-22/1943, Col David M. Shoup, Betio Island, Tarawa, directed assault from trench on Betio Beach as

11/1 9/1967, Maj J. Charles Watters, chaplain sacri- first waves came ashore; ficed himself (Dak To) to save several men;Tarawa shocked by exploding 11/ 20/1943, SSgt William D. Bordelon *took out 3 shell & suffering from leg positions, KIA at 3rd;, 1st Lt William D. Hawkins wound that became in- st thru 11/21/1943 destroyed 8 pillboxes, KIA; 1 Lt David M. Shoup, fected, assumed com- Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.*, led men, destroyed in- 22nd Commandant mand of all landed troops stallations &150 Japs;1 man stand thru 11/22/1943. of Marine Corps. for 2 days. November is a month of great battles and great heroes Page 6 (Sources include Wikipedia and www.homeofheroes.com). Medal of Honor Heroes pictured below.

11/20/1944, SSgt Herschel F. Briles (thru 11/21/ 11/21/1944, SSgt John W. Minick* Killed 22, 1944) captured 55 Germans while rescuing wound- Captured 23, took out 2 machineguns, KIA by

ed inside two different burning tank destroyers & mine; 11/21-22/1951, 1st Lt James L. Stone assaultedLt Col enemy George platoon with L. Mabry leading advance in front of captured while leading men against over-

scouts , captured 3Germans and then fought 9 at whelming assault, POW 22 months; 11/22/ bayonet point (felling 2); 11/20/1967, PFC Carlos 1952, Maj Charles Loring, Jr. dove damaged J. Lozada* sacrificed himself to provide cover fire plane into enemy gun emplacements; 11/23/ st during withdrawal; 11/20/1968, Cpl Michael J. 1944, 1 Lt Edward A. Silk took out 2 ma- Crescenz* single-handedly destroyed 2 bunkers chineguns captured 12 Germans by throwing while under fire from third machinegun. grenades & rocks, St. Pravel, France.

11/26/ 1968, 1st Lt John P. Fleming, Sedalia, 11/2 3-24/1951, PFC Noah O. Knight*, Kowang- Missouri, rescue of six-man special forces San Korea, killed 3 attacking enemy, KIA planting unit; 11/27/1944, Pvt Marcario Garcia, took demolition charges; 11/26/1944, PFC Carl Sheridan out 2 machineguns, killed Germans, took pris- shot a hole with 3 rockets through oak door to reach oners; 1 month after receiving MOH restaur- 75 paratroopers, then KIA leading charge with .45; ant owner denied him service, beat him with st 11/ 26/1950, 1 Lt Frank N. Mitchell* KIA by burst bat, Sugarland, Texas; 11/27/ 1950, Capt of small arms after covering squad's escape; 11/26/ Reginald Desiderio, wounded, attacked until 19450, Sgt John A. Pittman smothered grenade & KIA; 11/27-12/1/1950, Lt Col Don Faith led survived. men for 5 days until KIA. 11/28/1950, Pvt Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., Chosin Reservoir, risked life to fight off enemy attack; 11/29/16, Dominican Republic, 1st Lt Ernest Calvin Williams, San Francisco de Marcoris, captured fort, liberated 100

Left: 11/27-28/1950, SSgt Robert S. Kennemore prisoners. covered grenade with foot to save men; survived but lost both legs; 11/28/-12/2/1950, Capt William 11/10/1775 - 11/10/2013, th B. Barber, Chosin Reservoir, risked life com- 237 Marine Corps manding against enemy forces & with 220 held off

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11/29/1943, Pvt Mikio Hasemoto*, near Cerasu- 11/29-12/10/1950, LtCol John U. D. Page*, oloa, Italy with squad leader killed 31, wounded 1, Chosin Reservoir, Korea, repeatedly attacked

captured 1, KIA next day; Hagaru-ri, Korea, 11/ enemy, defending convoy until KIA; 11/29/ assaulted29/19 enemy50, platoonPvt William with P. Baugh* KIA smothering 1969, SSgt Robert J. Pruden*, sacrificed him- grenade; Maj Reginald R. Myers, although losing self to ensure evacuation helicopters were able 170 men during 14 hour combat in subzero to withdraw his team; 11/30/1950, PFC temp erature , re-organized and spearheaded attack Charles George , Songnae-dong, Korea, killing 600 and wounding 500; 11/29-30/1950, smothered grenade; 7/23/1950-4/23/1953, Cpl Capt Carl Sitter wounded refused to be evacuated Tibor Rubin, Hungarian born; single-handedly and continued to fight until defense of area assured. covered retreat; saved many lives while POW. a November2013

12 – Greater Saint Louis Honor Flight – 1950 Lambert East Terminal

Nov 8, 1950, Lt Russell J.

Brown shot down a MiG-15 in the world’s first jet to jet dog fight. He flew an F-80c

Shooting Star. It was also his

only aerial combat victory.