🇵🇭 The Lion of Maslog Sergeant Jacinto Moreno, a retired Philippine Constabulary trooper, earned the Philippines' highest military honor, the Medal of Valor, for his extraordinary courage. On May 23, 1985, at the Maslog Patrol Base in Eastern Samar, Moreno, then the assistant NCO-in-charge, found himself facing an attack by approximately 60 armed rebels. With only six other military personnel and nine civilian defense force members, the base's defense was dire. When his superior was weakened b

US Army Air Forces 2LT David Kingsley: Medal of Honor Recipient WWII On June 23, 1944, over the skies of Romania near Ploesti, 2nd Lieutenant David Kingsley served as the bombardier aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress during a dangerous bombing mission. Despite his aircraft being heavily damaged by intense flak, he remained on task and released his bombs with devastating accuracy on critical enemy installations. As the crippled bomber lost altitude and lagged behind formation, it was relentlessly atta