Medal of Honor Recipient SSG Ryan Pitts Inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Nine comrades were lost the day SSG Pitts actions helped turn the tide at the Battle of Wanat...
– Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, of Aiea, Hawaii
– Israel Garcia, 24, of Long Beach, California
– Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, of Snellville, Georgia
– Jason M. Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Washington
– Jason D. Hovater, 24, of Clinton, Tennessee
– Matthew B. Phillips, 27, of Jasper, Georgia
– Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, of Haw River, North Carolina
– Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, of Florissant, Missouri
– Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Kentucky
"My son Lucas exists because of them ... I promise that my son will grow up appreciating the sacrifices of men he never knew."
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle)