TV series
Medal of Honor
Overview
Honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a Medal of Honor, this docudrama series re-creates their inspiring true stories.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-11-09
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Allentown Productions, Compari Entertainment
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Josh Charles as Narrator
- Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) (as President Barack Obama)
- Jake Abel as Sgt. Brad Larson
- Grant Harvey as Joshua Hardt
- Jonathan Stanley as Bill Husband
- J.R. Villarreal as Gallegos
- Joseph Cross as Sylvester Antolak
- Brett Edwards as Red
- Carter Jenkins as Joe Annello
- Matt O'Leary as Lyle Conaway
- Steven R. McQueen as Joseph Vittori
- Tait Blum as Young Antolak
Creators and crew
- Brandon Birtell - Producer
- James Moll - Director
- James Madigan - Director
- Darrin Prescott - Director
- Robert Legato - Director
- Gregg Smrz - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Sylvester Antolak
Pinned down by heavy enemy fire in a field near Cisterna, Italy, in 1944, U.S. Army Sgt. Sylvester Antolak leads a charge that becomes legendary.
Episode 2: Clint Romesha
Outgunned and outmanned during an attack on a remote Afghanistan outpost in 2009, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha leads an improbable defense.
Episode 3: Edward Carter
Relegated to the rank of private due to institutional racism in WWII, experienced soldier Edward Carter single-handedly cripples an enemy stronghold.
Episode 4: Hiroshi Hershey Miyamura
Resorting to hand-to-hand combat, Hershey Miyamura covers the retreat of his men as waves of Chinese soldiers overrun his position in the Korean War.
Episode 5: Vito Bertoldo
Declared 4-F due to poor eyesight, Vito Bertoldo later joins the U.S. Army anyway and ends up halting an enemy advance alone at the front lines.
Episode 6: Joseph Vittori
During a vicious nighttime battle in Korea, U.S. Marine Joe Vittori rotates between machine gun nests, making the enemy think it faces a larger force.
Episode 7: Richard L. Etchberger
His radar station besieged by Vietnamese troops, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger is exposed to enemy fire while his comrades evacuate.
Episode 8: Ty M. Carter
U.S. Army Specialist Ty Carter's bravery while wounded and under fire earns him the second Medal of Honor awarded for a Taliban attack in 2009.
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