He arrives at Pearl Harbor early on the morning of December.Ĭonlin is reassigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, together with his old bootcamp training mate they take part in the Makin Island raid. After training, Conlin is assigned, without the rest of his training battalion, to serve aboard the USS Arizona. As he bleeds out, the game flashes back to the start of Conlin's first day of basic training, where the player is introduced to the characters that will become his squad the squad leader Frank Minoso a big, smooth talking, New Jersey native sniper William "Willie" Gaines, a country boy from North Carolina and corpsman James Sullivan, a quiet sailor from a rich family in Oak Park, Illinois. Conlin fight his way onto to the shore, only to get cut down by a bullet during a Japanese counterattack. Marine in the Pacific Theater of World War II, aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor, taking part in the defense.Īs Conlin's Amtrac approaches the shore, it's hit by an artillery shell, throwing Conlin and the other passengers into the shallow ocean, forcing them to wade ashore. The game begins with the player, in the role of Pvt. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Director's Edition features some additional content, such as a presentation that shows the history of American-Japanese war, behind the in-game missions (levels) and a built-in music player that allows the user to listen to the soundtrack. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault introduced some new features to the franchise, such as recovering health by calling the corpsman, and the ability to order squad members to give covering fire, regroup, move up and fall back.
The title was announced on the March 5, 2003, and was released in North America on November 4, 2004, and in Europe on Novemon Microsoft Windows.
#Medal of honor pacific assault series
The game is the seventh installment in the Medal of Honor series and serves as a sequel to the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, with its story set during the Pacific War. Here is a look at the most impressive Medal of Honor Recipients from each state.Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. Īlvin York and Desmond Doss are a testament to the Medal of Honor’s legacy of valor and sacrifice, and there are many more recipients with similar stories of heroism and courage. His story would go on to be told in the Oscar-winning film Hacksaw Ridge. At Hacksaw Ridge and under relentless enemy fire, he rushed into danger to save at least 75 lives in a single day. Doss’s story is different from many, embodying his philosophy of self-sacrifice. Desmond Doss, hailing from Virginia, refused to bear arms due to his faith and served as a medic in the Battle of Okinawa.
York’s story would go on to be told on the silver screen, and the New York Times would herald him as “the war’s biggest hero.”Īnother conscientious objector achieved greatness but in World War II. At the front lines of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, outnumbered, he took 35 German machine gun nests out of action and captured 132 enemy soldiers. Hailing from Tennessee, York was drafted in the U.S. )Ĭonsidered the “ Greatest Civilian Soldier ” during World War I, Alvin York originally sought exemption from service as a conscientious objector but would later go to serve and become a legend. (Here are the most decorated war heroes in American history. Others on the list made major breakthroughs, such as the first Black American or the first and only woman. Nineteen men received two medals for actions in different wars, and many are listed as the most impressive in their state. The recipient’s rank is the rank at the time of action the medal was awarded for. Information about the recipient and the number of total medals attributed to the state, also came from the CMOHS database. It should be noted that for a recipient to be attributed to a certain state, they did not need to be born in that state, but rather enlist there. reviewed the Congressional Medal of Honor Society ‘s database of recipients throughout history to identify the most impressive recipient attributed to each state. military over the nation’s history, about 3,500 were awarded the Medal of Honor, exhibiting heroism, selflessness, devotion, and going above and beyond the call of duty. Of the more than 41 million people who have ever served in the U.S. The United States Medal of Honor, the highest military distinction, is awarded to recognize extraordinary acts of valor.
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