Note:
Check our list of recently posted Medal of Honor
recipient photos. Dozens have been recently made
available with more to come in weeks ahead. |
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July,
2006
- Thanks to a lot of help from my friend Bruce Swander, we
are now posting ALL Distinguished Service Cross Citations
for heroism in the Vietnam War. |
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What may have seemed a long
spell without updates doesn't reflect our lack of
diligence in growing HomeOfHeroes.com. Throughout December
and January we have done extensive work in upgrading our
database of Navy Cross and DSC recipients. These are
reflected is some very exciting new sections where you can
print a number of new books:
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Posted in January 2006
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Citation
Books
This new
series of books in MS Word are designed to give
visitors individual volumes or a complete set of
books containing citations for our top military
awards. |
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A series of Books
Specific to USMC Heroes. |
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A series of Books
Specific to Air Force Heroes. |
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A series of Books
Specific to Navy Heroes. |
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A series of Books
Specific to Army Heroes. |
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November, 2005
- In our continuing work on the NC/DSC/AFC database we
have posted numerous additional citations, some new books
including the attractive MAJOR AWARDS in the WAR ON
TERRORISM, and updated some of our other books. In our
continuing efforts we have begun posting photos of many of
these recipients, which are included both in the html
pages and the WORD books as well. |
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October 31, 2005
- We have made numerous updates in our Navy Cross pages
including all citations for awards to US Marine in
Nicaragua. We've also begun adding Navy Cross Citations
for WWII and Korea, as well as updating other pages in
that section. |
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October 15, 2005
- HOME TOWN HEROES is a brand new area of our
website. On these pages we list recipients of the top
military awards by State, County and City, so you can
easily uncover the forgotten heroes of your own hometown. |
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KATRINA
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September 7, 2005
- Our efforts to relocate families displaced by Hurricane
Katrina prompted us to generate a page from which other
communities can see (and hopefully emulate) our city's
program to place Katrina Survivors into Rent/Utilities
free homes for six or more months. |
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June 20, 2005
- We have begun posting, and have nearly completed, the
MOH Gravesite section on NATIONAL CEMETERY burials. This
nearly completes the entire Gravesite section, save for
fewer than 25 photos yet needed and addition of any
gravesites that are subsequently identified. |
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June 10, 2005
- Years ago your webmaster wrote and recorded two albums
of Gospel Music. As a more personal aside, for those who
might be interested, I've added the music from my first
album in 1979 in MP3 format. |
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Stolen
Valor
Act of 2005
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May 30, 2005
- Congressman John Salazar (D/CO-3) is preparing to
introduce legislation dealing with the problem with Medal
Fraud and imposters. We've created a section for this
important legislation, including the Policy Analysis
treatise that is the basis for this needed action to
protect the integrity of military awards. |
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H.
Res. 297
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May 30, 2005
- Congressman John Salazar (D/CO-3) has joined with
Congressman Mike Rogers (R/MI-7) to introduce H. Res 297
to establish a National Medal of Honor Day. We've
created a special page to track the progress of that new
legislation. |
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May 23, 2005
- Steve Ryan is a long-time supporter of HomeOfHeroes.com.
He has developed a number of MOH posters, many of which
were autographed by the various recipients. We have posted
Steve Ryan's Art in a section that contains both
autographed posters and autographed photos. |
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May
18, 2005
- As an added feature we've begun including a synopsis of
each recipient's MOH action on their gravesite page. |
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15, 2005
- We have identified grave sites and memorials for 2,864
MOH recipients, and how have photos of 2,802 of them. Your
help is appreciated in obtaining photos of the 62
remaining gravesites. |
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May
1, 2005
- We've now posted the roster of all WWII recipients of
the Navy Cross, which makes our list of Navy Cross
recipients complete for all wars. I am still working on
citations, and welcome submission of any information
and/or citations for the Navy Cross from the end of WWI
until the end of the Korean War. |
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CHAT
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May 1, 2005
- Check out our new online CONFERENCE ROOM. We have
a scheduled meeting on open topics every Thursday
evening from 7 - 10 PM (Mountain Time). |
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April 15, 2005
- The process of identifying and recording recipients of
high awards other than the Medal of Honor (DSC/NC/AFC) has
been consuming much or our time, which is reflected in
slow updates. We now
have a number of citations books, available FREE in Word
Format from the icon at left. Some of our earliest books
have been updated with newly obtained citations. |
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February
1, 2005
- Our database of public officials has been updated to
reflect all governors, senators, and congressmen and
congress women effective subsequent to last November's
election. |
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FCMOH
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December
20, 2005
- The official website for the Family of the
Congressional Medal of Honor has been posted within this
website. It contains new information, membership sign-up
forms, as well as a members only area. |
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July 2004
- The recent purchase (at last) of a new computer has
given me a more accurate view of the screen. (My old
clunker was making images appear lighter than they were so
were often too DARK for other computers. I've redone
ALL recipient photos for RVN and Korea and added scores of
new pictures to those sections. As time allows I
will be doing the same for other recipient photos.
(See updates at the bottom of this page.
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WAR
ON
TERROR
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May 2004
- Go here for links to printable citations for awards of
the DSC, Navy Cross, and Air Force Cross to heroes of the
current War on Terror. |
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Ploesti
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January 24, 2004
- We are experimenting with Streaming Video. Check
out our newest online historical movie. |
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FORUM |
January 1, 2004
- We have installed a new BULLETIN BOARD for posts and
replies. The new format allows many new options and
several new topical listings. |
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January 1, 2004
- We have posted lists and citations for most of the Navy
Cross recipients in the interim between the two World
Wars. |
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December 20 -
We completed and posted the gravesites of nearly all the
MOH recipients buried in the State of New York. We
have now posted photos of 2,510 of 2,839 identified
Medal of Honor gravesites, and this major project is now
88% complete. Please visit our page on NEEDED
GRAVESITE PHOTOS to see if you can help us complete
this section of our website. |
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December 5 -
Based upon information from the family of WWII posthumous
MOH recipient Roy Harmon, we have identified his
nationality as Native American and added him to our E-book
of Native American MOH Recipients. |
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October 15 -
Our newest E-book is now available in MS Word Format and
includes photos and information on all Medal of Honor
recipients who graduated from or attended the US Military
Academy at West Point. |
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Pearl
Harbor |
June 14 - Our
Pearl Harbor series of stories has been updated and
improved. It was one of our first series and my
learning curve has increased greatly since that early
feeble attempt. The Pearl Harbor downloadable book
has been vastly improved and expanded. If you
printed the earlier version, you may want to
revisit. |
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US
PRESIDENTS |
June 10 - We
have completed a very attractive E-Book on the Presidents
of the United States that can be downloaded in WORD.
This book is great for schools or just your personal
collection. Check out all of our E-Books. |
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Now
Available - The Microsoft WORD or .PDF
version of our Wings Of Valor - Volume I is now
available. This is a very large WORD file (3
separate PDF files) because it contains all the text and
images for a 251-page, full color book detailing the
history and heroism of our military aviators from the
Wright Brothers first flight to World War I. This is
a GREAT book, and we encourage you to print and give
copies to all you know. |
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Added Jan. 5, 2003 - Marine
Corps Valor-Policing the Caribbean - This is our
E-book detailing the Marine Corps recipients of the Medal
of Honor during the Haitian Campaign of 1915, The
Dominican Campaign, the 2nd Haitian Campaign, and the
Dominican Republic. Includes TWO DOUBLE Recipients. |
All Three Books
Are Now
Available
in MS WORD
Format
E-Book
Publisher |
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Added Jan. 2, 2003 - Men
of Valor, Men of Faith - This is our Medal of
Honor E-book, highlighting the heroism and sacrifices of Army and Navy chaplains, with information on the 8
chaplains and one Chaplain's Assistant who received Medals
of Honor. |
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Added Jan. 2, 2003 - World
War I Valor, our E-book detailing the 119 men who
earned Medals of Honor during The Great War.
The book includes color photos of 117 of the 119
recipients. |
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Archive |
Added Jan. 1, 2003 - Transcript of a Radio Interview with WWI MOH
recipient Dwite Schaffner conducted by Captain Eddie
Rickenbacker in 1930 for the Chevrolet Chronicles. |
