Medal of Honor: The History Of Heroes was birthed by Producers Julia Davis and BJ Davis Medal Of Honor (1999-2002) hosted by Academy Award nominee Burt Reynolds in this renewed ongoing television series.
On December 21, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln approved and signed Senate Bill 82 into law, creating the Medal Of Honor for heroic acts above and beyond the call of duty, for gallantry in the face of enemy forces engaged in combat.
Sergeant First Class Smith manned a 50 caliber machine gunned defending the withdrawal of his troops. Mortally wounded, Smith laid down a withering fire killing 50 plus enemy troops while insuring the evacuation of his comrades.