Of the 3,536 Medals of Honor presented since its establishment in 1861, only 61 recipients are alive today, and only a ...

Wai’s family received the ... presented with the Medal of Honor. The ceremony was presided by the local news anchor Stephanie Lum along with civilian and military leaders in attendance paying ...

In 1900, Carney received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. Sgt. William Harvey Carney in an 1864 album of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army) The Association ...

This is what makes Medal of Honor stories ... the first airman to receive the medal since the Vietnam War, along with Tibor Rubin, a Holocaust survivor who later joined the Army to fight in ...

In a rare move for the U.S. military, Medal of Honor recipient ... to step up and to try and threaten that." Meyer received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a deadly 2009 battle ...

Meyer was the first Marine in 40 years to receive the Medal ... honor for valor. It immediately raises the question: why? Meyer, now 36 years old, said in a statement he felt called to return to ...

Georgia's Fort Benning, formerly Fort Moore, had its renaming ceremony Wednesday. Three generations of descendants of Fred Benning, who the base now honors, participated.