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SOLDIER PROFILE – DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER, ONLY WOMAN TO EARN THE MEDAL OF HONOR
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was a trailblazing figure in American history, serving her country as the Union Army’s only female surgeon during the Civil War and earning the Medal of Honor.
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was a trailblazing figure in American history, serving her country as the Union Army’s only female surgeon during the Civil War and earning the Medal of Honor.
#Armyhistory
When the Civil War began, Edwards Walker offered her services as a surgeon to the Union Army, although they initially rejected her because of her gender and offered her a place as a nurse.
#TRADOC #AMEDD #ArmyNurses #CivilWar #CivilWarHistory #Armyhistory @USArmy @TRADOC
#TRADOC #AMEDD #ArmyNurses #CivilWar #CivilWarHistory #Armyhistory @USArmy @TRADOC
Although technically a nurse, Edwards Walker performed in a surgeon’s role during the early years of the war, and she served in field hospitals and at the U.S. Patent Office Hospital in Washington, D.C.
#MedalOfHonor #MOH #WomensHistoryMonth #MilitaryHistory #Diversity
#MedalOfHonor #MOH #WomensHistoryMonth #MilitaryHistory #Diversity
SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
Born in 1970 SFC Cashe was infantryman who served during 1991’s Operation DESERT STORM and 2003’s Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in that conflict.
Born in 1970 SFC Cashe was infantryman who served during 1991’s Operation DESERT STORM and 2003’s Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in that conflict.
During his third combat tour, SFC Cashe was serving with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd ID. On the evening of 17 OCT 2005, he was on a patrol when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) struck an IED, crippling the BFV and causing it to burst into flames.
Drenched in fuel, Cashe leapt from the gunner position and ran to BFV’s rear to help soldiers escape. As Cashe braved the flames his fuel-soaked uniform ignited; he persevered despite severe burns, pulling seven soldiers and a translator from the burning BFV.
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#MedalofHonor Monday! 🇺🇸 This week in #history (1946), a hero is awarded the Medal of Honor. John McKinney’s story could have easily become lost to history, if only because McKinney himself seemed anxious to forget what he’d been through.
/1 of X #America #WWII
/1 of X #America #WWII
“When the Georgian came home, he was invited to many military functions,” a local newspaper reported in 1964, “but he declined most of the invitations. He said he wanted to forget the war.” Indeed, the paper concluded, he mostly “shuns parades and ceremonies.”
/3 of X #history
/3 of X #history
#MedalOfHonor Monday 🇺🇸 At about this time in 1944, a hero leads his men in a tough battle against the Japanese. Then-First Lieutenant Robert B. Nett would be wounded multiple times, even taking a shot to his neck. Amazingly, Nett survived..... /1 of X #history
He would go on to personally receive his Medal of Honor.
Nett was inspired by a family friend to join the military, originally joining the Connecticut National Guard in 1941. Unsurprisingly, his unit was activated in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. /2 of X #history #Army
Nett was inspired by a family friend to join the military, originally joining the Connecticut National Guard in 1941. Unsurprisingly, his unit was activated in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. /2 of X #history #Army
By 1944, he was serving with the U.S. Army in the south Pacific. He’d been in Guam that summer, but found himself in Leyte by the end of the year. / 3 of X
#history #MedalOfHonor #Army
#history #MedalOfHonor #Army
Lafayette Square by The White House #WashingtonDC – honors #AmericanRevolution heroes #Lafayette, #Rochambeau, Von Steuben and Kosciuszko. In 1859, adulterer Congressman Daniel Sickles murdered adulterer Philip Barton Key (Francis Scott Key’s son)... 1/
2/ Lafayette Square: … over Sickles’ adulteress wife Teresa DaPonte Bagioli Sickles (1836-1867), who he had married when she was 15/16. [Key died in the white home in the background, known as President McKinley's Little White House.]
3/ Lafayette Square: … Sickles was the first to be acquitted using the “temporary insanity” defense and stayed on as a Congressman. He later became a #USCivilWar #MedalOfHonor war hero at #Gettysburg. Continued...
We have the strongest military the world has ever known but it’s not because of our weapons, our helicopters, or our tanks. It’s because of the ideals that we fight for, and it’s because we have the best team in the world. Today, we honored three true, American heroes.
SFC Alwyn Cashe cared so deeply for his men that he made multiple trips into a flaming vehicle to pull them out. While receiving treatment for his wounds at the hospital -- wounds that would eventually take his life -- he insisted that the doctors tend to him last. #MedalofHonor
When SFC Celiz's Rangers came under attack, he dodged bullets to get to a heavy-weapons system, allowing his team time to find a safe place for evacuation. And when his weapons weren’t enough to hold off the enemy, he used his body as a shield to protect his team. #MedalofHonor
General Eugene Asa Carr died #OTD in 1910. A native of Hamburg, NY, Carr attended @WestPoint_USMA and graduated with the class of 1850. He served in the cavalry on the frontier until the outbreak of the #CivilWar.
At the Battle of Pea Ridge in March, 1862, while commanding a division of Samuel Curtis' Army of the Southwest during the Union defense near Elkhorn Tavern, Carr was wounded several times and succeeded in blunting the confederate attack.
For his actions that day, Carr was later award the #MedalofHonor. He remained in the @USArmy after the war and returned to the frontier with the cavalry. He retired with the rank of Brigadier General, and when he passed away he was buried at the West Point Post Cemetery.
Corporal Miles Oviatt of the @USMC was born #OTD in 1840. For his service aboard the USS Brooklyn during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August, 1864, Oviatt received the #MedalofHonor. He was one of just 18 enlisted Marines to receive the Medal during the #CivilWar.
His citation reads in part: “...Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked the deck, Cpl. Oviatt fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee.”
Confederate James Longstreet ordered an assault on the Union position at Fort Sanders outside @visitknoxville, TN #OTD in 163. Longstreet's troops had been besieging Gen. Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Ohio for nearly two weeks at that point. #CivilWar
Ill-conceived and impulsive, the assault was a disaster for Longstreet's men. They had to cover an open field strung knee high with wire, cross a deep ditch at the base of the fort's wall, and then scale the steep, icy wall to reach the parapet. Hundreds were cut down.
Of the roughly 3,000 men Longstreet threw at the fort, nearly a third became casualties. Inside the fort, less than 500 men of the 79th NY Volunteer Infantry "Highlanders", commanded by Col. David Morrison, held off the assault while losing less than 20 men.
Beginning #OTD in 1863, Colonel Henry A. Barnum led the 149th NY Infantry in the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Despite an arm wound, Barnum led the regiment in their successful assault, and was later awarded the #MedalofHonor. #CivilWar
Rank & organization: Colonel, 149th New York Infantry. Place & date: At Chattanooga, TN, Nov 23, 1863. Date of issue: July 1889.
“Although suffering severely from wounds, he led his regiment, inciting the men to greater action by word and example until again severely wounded.”
“Although suffering severely from wounds, he led his regiment, inciting the men to greater action by word and example until again severely wounded.”
On this day in 1944, Sgt. Alfred Nietzel fought tenaciously to repel a German counter-attack during WWII. Realizing he desperately needed reinforcements, Nietzel ordered his men back to the company command post to secure aid.
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Nietzel remained alone in the forward position, using his machine gun to cover their movements and hold off the German advance. After expending his ammunition, Nietzel began firing his rifle into the attacking ranks until he was killed by an enemy grenade.
Nearly 70 years later after his heroic actions, Nietzel’s Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded to the #MedalofHonor by President Obama, March 18, 2014. Robert Nietzel accepted the posthumous award on behalf of his cousin, Sgt. Alfred B. Nietzel.
General Daniel Sickles was born #OTD in 1819. A member of Congress from New York before the #CivilWar, he gained notoriety for killing the son of Francis Scott Key when he learned Key was having an affair with his wife. He was acquitted after claiming temporary insanity.
When the war began, Sickles raised several regiments of troops, which formed the Excelsior Brigade. Promoted steadily throughout the war, he found himself a Major General in command of III Corps of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of @GettysburgNMP.
During the battle, Sickles advanced his corps forward to the Peach Orchard without orders, placing them in a precarious position. James Longstreet’s attack on the battle’s second day slammed into the Corps, eventually routing them.
Out of 24 Soldiers awarded the #MedalofHonor during the Valor 24 ceremony in 2014, Master Sgt. Jose Rodela was one of only three living recipients to receive the medal for his actions during the Vietnam War.
Here's his story.
📸 ➡️ Nick Del Calzo, spr.ly/6013G0F4H
Here's his story.
📸 ➡️ Nick Del Calzo, spr.ly/6013G0F4H
On Sept. 1, 1969, Rodela’s battalion came under an intense barrage of mortar, rocket and machine gun fire.
Despite wounds to his back and head, Rodela repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire as he single-handedly assaulted and knocked out the B-40 rocket position.
#MoH
Despite wounds to his back and head, Rodela repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire as he single-handedly assaulted and knocked out the B-40 rocket position.
#MoH
Master Sgt. Jose Rodela reflects on the heroic actions that earned him the #MedalofHonor, the nation’s highest award for valor.
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#MedalOfHonorMonday #HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
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#MedalOfHonorMonday #HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
Then-Staff Sgt. Roy Benavidez distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions while assigned to Detachment B-56, @5thForces, 1st Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
On May 2, 1968, #Benavidez was at the Forward Operating Base in Loc Ninh, Vietnam, when word arrived of a 12-man Special Forces intelligence-gathering team that was pinned down by the North Vietnamese Army.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
Three helicopters had already attempted to extract them, but were unable to land due to intense enemy fire.
Three helicopters had already attempted to extract them but were unable to land due to intense enemy fire.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
Three helicopters had already attempted to extract them but were unable to land due to intense enemy fire.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
To kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth, lets look at a Soldier who went above and beyond the call of duty.
#MedalofHonor Recipient: Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry
Learn more of his story at go.usa.gov/xGXbm
#MedalofHonor Recipient: Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry
Learn more of his story at go.usa.gov/xGXbm
Staff Sgt. Leroy A. Petry distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
On May 26, 2008. As a Weapons Squad Leader with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Staff Sgt. Petry moved to clear the courtyard of a house that potentially contained high-value combatants.
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
#HispanicHeritageMonth #MoH
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the storming of the beaches at #Normandy. It is our duty & privilege to honor the lives sacrificed on that day.
There’s also a myth that no Black men participated on #DDay and that is not true.
A thread⬇️ #DDay75
There’s also a myth that no Black men participated on #DDay and that is not true.
A thread⬇️ #DDay75
Meet 90-year old Joann Woodson. She's on a mission to share the truth about the participation of Black men on #DDay.
Her late husband, Waverly Woodson, was one of the few Black soldiers known to have served on Omaha Beach. #DDay75
Her late husband, Waverly Woodson, was one of the few Black soldiers known to have served on Omaha Beach. #DDay75
Waverly Woodson, a 21-year-old medic from Philadelphia, treated at least 200 injured men on #DDay, despite being injured himself. He was with the lone African-American combat unit to fight on D-Day. #DDay75 #DDay75thAnniversary
He wanted to join the @USMC, but he was too short.
The paratroopers wouldn't have him either.
Reluctantly, he settled on the infantry, enlisting to become nothing less than one of the most-decorated heroes of #WorldWarII.
(#USArmy photo)
The paratroopers wouldn't have him either.
Reluctantly, he settled on the infantry, enlisting to become nothing less than one of the most-decorated heroes of #WorldWarII.
(#USArmy photo)
He was Audie Murphy, the baby-faced Texas farmboy who was born #OnThisDay in 1924. He became a U.S. legend.
Murphy grew up on a sharecropper's farm in Hunt County, Texas.
Murphy grew up on a sharecropper's farm in Hunt County, Texas.
Left at a very young age to help raise 10 brothers and sisters when his father deserted their mother, Audie was 16 when his mother died. He watched as his siblings were doled out to an orphanage or relatives.
Seeking an escape from that life in 1942, he looked to the #Marines.
Seeking an escape from that life in 1942, he looked to the #Marines.
1942: Pres Roosevelt appoints William “Wild Bill” #Donovan, a highly decorated #WWI officer, as #OSS Director
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#OSS75
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#OSS75
#Donovan centralized intel & uniquely combined:
- research & analysis
- covert ops
- counterintel
- espionage
- tech development
#OSS75
- research & analysis
- covert ops
- counterintel
- espionage
- tech development
#OSS75
#Donovan was born on New Year’s Day 1883 in Buffalo, NY.
In 1907, #Donovan graduated from @ColumbiaLaw & entered private practice.
In 1907, #Donovan graduated from @ColumbiaLaw & entered private practice.
