Clint Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action.” The outpost where his unit was based in Afghanistan came under heavy fire. Repeatedly on that day in 2009, he disregarded his safety to lead his fellow soldiers. Not even wounds from a rocket-propelled grenade deterred his course. 

The new National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, which we write about today, tells his story. This is how former Staff Sergeant Romesha describes courage under fire: “You know, we survived that day not because we hated the enemy, but because we loved each other more.”