Sgt. William Shemin's Medal of Honor was delayed nearly 100 years because of anti-Semitism.
Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.
Bruce Van Voorhis avenged his brother's death over a lone South Pacific island.
“My wife is planning on getting pregnant this weekend,” the 1967 liberty request read, “and I would sure like to be there when it happens.”
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