Texas Medal Of Honor

World War ll, Conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939 - 1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers - Germany, Italy and Japan - and the Allies-France, Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. TheWar was in many respects a continuation, after and uneasy twenty-year hiatus, of the disputes left on settle by World War l. 40,000,000 - 50,000,000 deaths incurred incurred in War War ll make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the latest war, in history.

Normandy Invasion, during WWll, the Allied invasion of Western Europe, which was lunch on June 6, 1944 (The most celebrated D-Day of the War), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beach heads in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944 all of the northern France was liberated and the inviting forces reorganized for the drive into Germany, where they would eventually meet with Soviet Forces advancing from the east to bring an end to the Nazi Reich.

Texas Medal Recipient Names

World War II (1941-1945)
Adams, Lucian Bordelon, William Bulkeley, John Cano, PedroCarswell Jr., HoraceCole, RobertDavila, RudolphDealey, SamuelDyess, WilliamEdlin, Robert Etheredge, M.B.Everhart Sr., Forrest Fields, JamesFowler, Thomas Garcia, Macario Harrell, WilliamHarris, James Hawkins, William Herrera, SilvestreHughes Jr., LloydHutchins, JohnnieKane, JohnKearby, NeelKeathley, GeorgeKimbro, TrumanKnight, JackKnight, Raymond Leonard, Turney Logan, JamesLopez, Jose Lummus Jr., Jack Mathis, Jack Morgan, John (Red)Murphy,Audie Roan, Charles Robinson Jr., James Rodriguez, Cleto Turner, GeorgeWallace, HermanWhiteley, Eli

Korean War (1950-1953) Davis Jr., George Espinoza, Victor Guillen, Ambrosio Hanson, Jack Kilmer, John Martinez, Benito Mitchell, Frank Moreland, Whitt O'Brien Jr., George Pena, Mike Pendleton, Charles Stone, JamesWatkins, Travis

Vietnam War (1962-1975)
Anderson, Richard Austin, Oscar Benavidez, Roy Bennett, Steven Cisneros, Roy Creek, Thomas Erevia, Santiago Ferguson, Frederick Garcia, Candelario (Spider)Gonzalez, Alfredo (Freddy) Graves, Terrence Keith, Miguel Law, RobertLee, Milton McCleery, Finnis McNerney, David Rodela, Jose Sasser, Clarence Steindam, RussellWilson, Alfred (Mac)Young, Marvin (Rex)

Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-2014)
Andrews, Darryn
Iraq War - Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2010)
Kyle, ChrisSmith, Paul

PFC Milton A. Lee, a Vietnam infantryman/radio-telephone operator with the B Company, 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division was killed in combat on April 26, 1968. His extraordinary courage in an intense firefight saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Milton Lee was a graduate of Harlandale High School Class of 1967. Harlandale alumni, Alamo Eagles (veterans of the 101st) and other San Antonio veterans are raising funds to name a building after him on the school campus and to emplace a bronze memorial plaque inside the school.