Medal of Honor
Army Capt. Paris D. Davis distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War.
Paris Davis, a Green Beret Captain in Vietnam, killed or shot at least 20 enemy soldiers, rescued fo...
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura died at home in Phoenix, Arizona, Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 97. He was origina...
With an opening planned for late 2024, the National Medal of Honor Museum will be a unique home of m...
Surrounded and nearly overrun in 1965, a Green Beret captain refused to evacuate with men still trapped in harm's way. He may soon, finally, get the Medal of Honor.
The retired general and Medal of Honor recipient was badly injured in Vietnam.
The nation will pay its respects to Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams Thursday, July 14, as he lies in honor at the US Capitol Rotunda.
An Army Ranger assigned to the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command will be awarded the Medal of H...
Kasinal White felt like screaming with joy when she received the news Thursday — on her 62nd birthda...
The average life expectancy of a Marine with a flamethrower on any given battlefield is about five m...
Nearby, a North Korean soldier aimed his rifle at a wounded American soldier, finger on the trigger. Sergeant Herbert Miller laid helpless and feared his execution was imminent.
Nearly 7,000 Marines died in the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the last major campaigns of World War II. It was a fight that led to 27 Marines and sailors earning the Medal of Honor.
During the month of February, we pay tribute to historic contributions made by African Americans. Th...
If you know one thing about U.S. Army veteran Clint Romesha, it’s that he earned the Medal of Honor ...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker didn’t have just one title, although her name would suggest otherwise.
Francis Currey, one of the last three living World War II Medal of Honor recipients, died Tuesday, Oct. 8 at his home in upstate New York.
National Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15 and lasts until October 15. Throughout histo...
In 2013, Clint Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor for his action during the Battle of Kamdesh, which is detailed in his book, "Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor."
Then Spc. 4 Robert Patterson single-handedly destroyed five bunkers, killing eight enemy soldiers and capturing a weapons cache during a firefight in Vietnam.
In March 2019, Army Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, who was killed in 2007 while shielding three of his soldiers from a suicide bomber in Iraq, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Homor.
The Medal of Honor. It’s that rare award where you know the recipient is one bad hombre, no questions asked.
During the Vietnam War, 235 Medals of Honor were awarded, and another 26 have been retroactively awarded to those who served in the war but weren’t recognized at the time of their actions. These U.
Few people have cameras rolling when they are reunited with someone they haven’t seen in 60 years, b...
