Medal of Honor Recipients
Articles from the Marine Corps Gazette and Leatherneck Magazine about Marines who have received the Medal of Honor.
| Title | Author | Edition | Summary |
| Giants of the Corps: John Mackie | Larry James | Leatherneck | The Legacy of John Mackie, the first Marine Medal of Honor recipient. |
| Giants of the Corps: SgtMaj John Quick | Herb Richardson | Leatherneck | The story of Sgt John Quick and his heroic actions in Cuba. |
| Onto Richmond | Frank H. Rentfrow | Leatherneck January 1939 | How Cpl John Mackie became the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor. |
| The Death of “Manila John” Basilone | Charles “Check” Tatum | Leatherneck November 1988 | After receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions at Guadalcanal, Marine Corps legend GySgt John Basilone fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. |
| The Life and Death of Manila John | William Douglas Lansford | Leatherneck October 2002 | GySgt John Basilone was a hero on Guadalcanal but not lofty speeches ever came from him to match his deeds. |
| Corporal Becomes First Marine Awarded Medal of Honor in the War on Terror | SSgt Scott Dunn | Leatherneck December 2006 | A corporal who died shielding fellow Marines from an exploding grenade deserves America’s highest military decoration. |
| Harvey C. “Barney” Barnum | Msgt Clayton Barrow, Jr., USMC (Ret) | Leatherneck June 2010 | His journey from Connecticut school boy to living Marine Corps legend. |
| The Bravest Warrior | Bing West | Leatherneck April 2011 | Excerpt from the book, “The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan” about Medal of Honor Recipient Cpl Dakota Meyer. |
| Beyond the Medal of Honor A Genuinely Good Marine | CW0-2 Michael D. Fay, USMC (Ret) | Leatherneck August 2014 | Corporal Kyle Carpenter receives nation’s highest award. |
| Mitch Paige: Forgotten Hero | Tom Bartlett | Leatherneck October 2017 | Who was the Marine hero on Guadalcanal who nearly singlehandedly stopped a large-scale Japanese attack? |
| Operation Gunny: A Marine’s Dedication to Honor SgtMaj John L. Canley | John Ligato | Leatherneck December 2018 | A personal account of one Marine’s dedicated efforts to ensure the heroism of SgtMaj John Canley was recognized. |
| The Fight for Edson’s Ridge | Maj Allan C. Bevilacqua, USMC (Ret) | Leatherneck February 2019 | When intelligence reports surfaced that the Japanese had begun constructing an airfield on Guadalcanal, MajGen Alexander A. Vandegrift and the 1stMarDiv came ashore to seize the airfield that would be essential to the battle’s success. |