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Staff Sergeant George John Hall at Anzio, 1944
Beyond the Call: Staff Sergeant George John Hall at Anzio, 1944 follows a young infantry leader from Stoneham, Massachusetts into the brutal Italian campaign of World ...
Brigadier General Frederick Walker Castle at the Christmas Eve Air Raids over Germany, 1944
Beyond the Call: Brigadier General Frederick Walker Castle at the Christmas Eve Air Raids over Germany, 1944 traces the final mission of an American bomber commander d...
Private First Class Dirk John Cornelius Vlug at Limon, Leyte, 1944
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Dirk John Cornelius Vlug at Limon, Leyte, 1944 follows an infantryman in World War II who steps alone onto a narrow Philippine roa...
Private First Class Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins at the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, 1945
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Thomas Eugene Atkins at the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, 1945 follows a lone infantryman holding a shattered ridge against repeated n...
Private First Class Albert Ernest Schwab at Okinawa Shima, 1945
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Albert Ernest Schwab at Okinawa Shima, 1945 follows a young Marine flamethrower operator whose solitary assaults on two machine gu...
Platoon Sergeant Joseph R. Julian at Iwo Jima, 1945
Beyond the Call: Platoon Sergeant Joseph R. Julian at Iwo Jima, 1945 follows a Marine platoon sergeant in World War II’s Pacific campaign as he leads solo assaults aga...
Major General James Lewis Day at Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa, 1945
Beyond the Call: Major General James Lewis Day at Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young Marine corporal leading a battered group of Marines through four days ...
Staff Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup at Tillet, Belgium, 1945
Beyond the Call: Staff Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup at Tillet, Belgium, 1945 follows a young infantry leader of the 87th Infantry Division through the snow and shellfire o...
Sergeant John C. Squires at Spaccasassi Creek near Padiglione, Italy, 1944
Beyond the Call: Private First Class John C. Squires at Spaccasassi Creek near Padiglione, Italy, 1944 follows a young infantryman of the United States Army through a ...
Technical Sergeant Cleto L. Rodríguez at Paco Railroad Station, Manila, 1945
Beyond the Call: Technical Sergeant Cleto L. Rodríguez at Paco Railroad Station, Manila, 1945 follows a young Mexican-American infantryman as he breaks away from his p...
Private First Class Lloyd C. Hawks at Carano, Italy, 1944
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Lloyd C. Hawks at Carano, Italy, 1944 follows a combat medic who crawls into open ground under relentless fire to reach and save w...
Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton Jr. at Okinawa
Beyond the Call: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William David Halyburton Jr. at Awacha Draw, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young Navy corpsman attached to a Marine rifle com...
Private First Class Clarence Byrle Craft at Hen Hill, Okinawa, 1945
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Clarence Byrle Craft at Hen Hill, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young rifleman’s one-man assault that helped crack a key Japanese strong...
First Lieutenant Beryl Richard Newman at Cisterna
Beyond the Call is a narrative podcast that brings Medal of Honor stories to life, one battlefield at a time. Each episode focuses on a single recipient, weaving toget...
Henry F. Warner: A Corporal Against the Tanks
This episode of “Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories” tells the story of Corporal Henry F. Warner, a 21-year-old antitank gunner whose courage on a frozen Belgian ...
George Fleming Davis: The Commander Who Conned Through Fire
Commander George Fleming Davis’s story stands as one of the most striking examples of courage at sea during the Second World War. As commander of the destroyer United ...
Fort McKinley’s Relentless Storm: Manuel Pérez Jr.’s Heroism in World War II
Welcome to Beyond the Call, where history, leadership, and heroism come alive. I am your host, and today we bring you the extraordinary story of Private First Class Ma...
One-Man Regiment: Wilson Douglas Watson’s Heroism in World War II
Welcome to Beyond the Call, where history, leadership, and heroism come alive. I’m your host, and today we bring you the remarkable story of a Marine whose actions on ...
Against the Fires of Ploesti: Leon William Johnson’s Heroism in World War II
Welcome to Beyond the Call, where history, leadership, and heroism come alive. In this episode, we bring you the incredible story of Colonel Leon William Johnson, a Un...
