Army medic David Bleak climbed Hill 499, killed five Chinese soldiers in close quarters, shielded a wounded American from a grenade blast, took a bullet in the leg, and still carried and a mobilized s ...

The Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center honors Medal of Honor recipients through interactive exhibits ...

Memorial Day is a solemn day to honor those who died in the line of duty. Many of those who know that full well are Medal of Honor recipients ...

Retired Lt. Col. William Swenson and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Williams spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the ...

President Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 9/11 hero Welles Crowther ahead of the terrorist attacks' 25th anniversary year.

A recent report claims that Donald Trump wishes to grant himself the Medal of Honor. Needless to say, this has sparked fresh ...

Walking through the dense vegetation in the dangerous jungles of Khesanh, Vietnam, then 21-year-old Spc. 4 Michael J.

On Memorial Day weekend, as America plans to celebrate its 250th birthday, Margaret Brennan sat down with two Medal of Honor ...

He signed his letters Jim or Jimbo. He wrote about a haircut his mom would approve of, the food and, later, the “stifling humidity.” “Dear Folks, Well, we start another month! Each time we do, ...

At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, after Congress failed to avert a government shutdown, Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, ...

WASHINGTON — Richard Hamilton, a barrel-maker in Philadelphia, heeded President Abraham Lincoln’s call to service and joined the Navy in 1864 after serving in a volunteer militia at the start of the ...

On February 15, 1863, Captain Burger, who was only 14 at the time, and 15 others, heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 Confederate cavalrymen.