Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...
Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...
From the Vietnam War, both Capt ... Heroes who all deserve our nation's highest and oldest military recognition, the Medal of Honor." Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1930, Orig enlisted in the ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — One soldier from North Carolina, shielding a wounded comrade he'd pulled from a downed helicopter in Vietnam ... military commendations. Efforts in the 1990s to review such awards ...
(WJHL) — March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day ... If you need help receiving a medal or other item from the military, you can reach out to Congresswoman Harshbarger’s office, and ...
A Fulton man and Vietnam veteran received a "welcome home" from his Kiwanis community. Retired Army Captain Bill Whitlow, a longtime resident of Fulton, spoke at a Fulton Kiwanis Club meeting on ...
In the halls of Arlington High School in eastern New York sits a bronze statue depicting a Soldier rescuing an alumnus of the ...
A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the ...
Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...
and Kenneth Kays were awarded Medals of Honor for their actions at the battle of Firebase Maureen during the Vietnam War. (Henry Villarama/U.S. Army) For every battle in the Vietnam War ...