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Men of Honor. Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a 2000 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. Carl Maxie Brashear (January 19, 1931 – July 25, 2006) was a United States Navy sailor. He was a Master Diver, rising to the position in 1970, despite having his lower left leg amputated in 1966. The 2000 film Men of Honor was based on his life.
John William Finn (24 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer and aviation ordnanceman, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. Though ordnancemen are only responsible for performing ...
The 'Men of Honor' movie is based on Carl Brashear's life "Men of Honor," a film starring Cuba Gooding Jr., that details Carl's life and journey , was released by 20th Century Fox in 2000.
St Crispin's Day Speech. The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare 's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii (3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they ...
Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. Ronald Eugene Rosser (October 24, 1929 – August 26, 2020) was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for thrice attacking a hill alone, killing 13 enemies while wounded and carrying wounded comrades to safety one winter day in the Korean War.
1 daughter (born October 6, 2011) Salvatore Augustine Giunta (/ ˌsælvəˈtɔːreɪ ˈdʒʊntə /; born January 21, 1985) is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed Forces ' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. Giunta was cited for saving the lives of ...
Médaille militaire (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Daniel Joseph Daly (November 11, 1873 – April 27, 1937) [1][2] was a United States Marine and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. Daly and Major General Smedley Butler are the only Marines who earned two Medals of Honor for two separate acts of valor.