JROTC - South Hills HS - Fort Worth, TX.

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2: MEDAL OF HONOR: ROY BENAVIDEZ

On the morning of 2 May 1968, Special Forces Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez volunteered to help rescue a 12-man reconnaissance team trapped by the North Vietnamese Army. During hours of bloody fighting, Benavidez was seriously wounded multiple times but still worked tirelessly to defend his comrades and help bring them back. For his actions that day he became a legend in the Green Beret community and was recognized with a Medal of Honor.

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3: MEDAL OF HONOR: AUDIE MURPHY

Audie Murphy is the highest decorated soldier in American history. Among his many acts of bravery in World War II, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly holding off six German tanks and waves of infantry for over an hour during a firefight on 26 January 1945. Murphy stopped only when he ran out of ammunition, then made his way back to his men and organized a successful counterattack.

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3: MEDAL OF HONOR: MARY WALKER

Mary Walker, one of the first women to earn a medical degree in America, served as a contract surgeon for the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Often crossing enemy lines to treat sick civilians, she was captured by Confederate soldiers and held as a prisoner of war for several months before being released in an exchange. Dr. Mary Walker is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2: MEDAL OF HONOR: MITCHELL RED CLOUD JR.

Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. served as a Marine Raider in World War II before joining the Army as an infantryman. During the Korean War he detected and thwarted a Chinese assault despite being shot twice. Refusing assistance, Red Cloud propped himself against a tree to continue fighting until he was fatally wounded. His heroic actions prevented the company from being overrun.

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4: MEDAL OF HONOR: GARY GORDON AND RANDY SHUGHART

Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart were part of a special operations sniper team with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the assault made famous as “Black Hawk Down,” they volunteered to be inserted at a helicopter crash site to protect the pilots and crew. They jumped into the firefight knowing that their own chances of survival were slim. Gordon and Shughart ultimately gave their lives to save others.

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3: MEDAL OF HONOR: BRUCE CRANDALL

Army aviator Bruce Crandall flew more than 900 combat missions during two tours of duty in the Vietnam War. Of these, it was the 22 helicopter flights “Snake” took into the Ia Drang valley that would eventually be recognized with the Medal of Honor. During this first major battle of the war, Crandall repeatedly ignored heavy enemy fire on Landing Zone X-Ray to deliver ammunition and evacuate scores of wounded soldiers.

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4: MEDAL OF HONOR: ALWYN CASHE

Alwyn Cashe was a platoon sergeant on a nighttime patrol in Iraq when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and burst into flame. He suffered terrible burns while extracting the driver but returned again and again to the vehicle to pull the others to safety. Cashe then ensured all the wounded were evacuated before agreeing to leave. He succumbed to his injuries a few weeks later, asking about the welfare of his soldiers to the end.