President Lincoln signed the bill and the (Navy) Medal of Honor was born ... Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of ...

Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a ...

Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...

President Joe Biden presented the highest military award for valor to seven U.S. Army soldiers at a ceremony at the White House. It marked the final time that Biden would award the Medal of Honor to a ...

"It's actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional ... Navy. According to the Defense Department, the Medal of Honor "is conferred only upon members of the United States ...

Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1821, York County, Pennsylvania. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 176, 9 July 1872. Citation: On board the ...

and they received the Medal of Honor posthumously as part of a campaign to shine a light on the role of minority service members in defense of the United States. All five — one Hispanic ...

Born: 30 July 1881, West Chester, Pa. Appointed from: Pennsylvania. Other Navy awards: Second Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Medal. Citation: As Commanding Officer of detachments from the ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired ...

The ad, which lauded the life and bravery of retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr., was sponsored by a group that has backed service members convicted or sentenced for war crimes, among other cases it ...

President Lincoln signed the bill and the (Navy) Medal of Honor was born ... Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of ...