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Luis E. Fonseca, Jr. (born 1980) is a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism on March 23, 2003, while assigned to a Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle platoon serving with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, during the Battle of An Nasiriyah in An Nasiriyah, Iraq. [1]
Whether they are assigned to hospital ships, reservist installations, recruiter offices, or Marine Corps combat units, the rating of hospital corpsman is the most decorated in the United States Navy and the most decorated job in the U.S. military, with 22 Medals of Honor, 179 Navy Crosses since World War I, 31 Navy Distinguished Service Medals ...
Leroy Gilbert – former officer in the United States Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard. Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. – first African-American to be promoted to flag rank; William Halsey, Jr. – Third Fleet commander, won battles off Guadalcanal and the Solomons; Fleet Admiral (5 stars) Gary Hart – U.S. Senator and presidential ...
Mollie Quick, 20, graduated from Waukee Northwest in 2022 and immediately joined the U.S. Navy. She was stationed at Twentynine Palms, California, and was working as a hospital corpsman.
On February 19, 1945, men of the United States Marine Corps invaded the island of Iwo Jima, part of the Volcano Islands chain, in the North Pacific. This invasion, known as Operation Detachment , was a phase of the Pacific Theatre of World War II .
The United States Navy Birthday is an annual celebratory ball and ceremony held by the Navy League of the United States (NLUS) in Washington, D.C., and in other cities around the world. The United States Navy celebration is always on October 13, the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution to establish a navy in 1775. [1]
John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley (July 10, 1923 – January 11, 1994) was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Francis Junior Pierce (December 7, 1924 – December 21, 1986) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman in World War II who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.