The Medal

First Sergeant Mackenzie “Mack” Campbell receives a new recruit four months before the end of the Korean War. As the only survivor of a three-man patrol that destroys a heavily armed enemy position, Private Edward Michaels is recommended for and awarded the nation’s highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.

Campbell has serious doubts as to whether Michaels deserves his medal, but before he can find out what really happened, a mortar attack sen...