Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...
After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...
When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...
And we are all truly blessed that three of these Medal of Honor recipients are here in ... Private Joe Gandara, three days after the 82nd Airborne's invasion of Normandy, France, advanced alone ...
The H-60, coated with fresh blue and gold paint, honors Cmdr. Clyde Lassen, the late Naval Aviator and Medal of Honor ...
Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...
Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...
in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Province while serving with the 101st Airborne. “Today we award these individuals a Medal of Honor, ” Biden said. “We can’t stop here. Together as a nation ...
President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s ...
5, 1970, the 101st Airborne Division suffered 386 killed ... President Richard Nixon in the White House to receive the Medal of Honor. His mental health deteriorated, however, as he experienced ...