Last week, during National Medal of Honor Day on March 25, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, introduced a pair of bills to ...

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson dived on a grenade to save another Marine. His name adorns Charleston’s VA ...

O’Malley, 81, the first U.S. Marine Corps recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam war, was accompanied by his stepdaughter Shannon Dear. She lives in Euless; O’Malley lived in a nursing home in ...

Years later, when he learned Nakamura had received a lesser honor, Edlebeck was sure military officials decided not to give the medal to Nakamura because he was Japanese American. Nakamura ...

He was also the highest-ranking African American to receive the medal. Following his award ... West Virginia was renamed after Rogers in 1999 to honor his life and achievements.

like the most decorated soldier of World War II, Maj. Audie Murphy. At 19, the second lieutenant from Kingston received his Medal of Honor after climbing aboard a flaming and disabled American ...

Congress presented 442nd members and other Japanese American veterans of World War II its highest civilian honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — in 2011. The erasure of the 442nd content also ...

Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...

Stories include Clarence Edwin Sutton in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, Texas' own Audie Murphy, and Herschel Woody Williams, the last WWII Medal of Honor recipient who died in 2022 at the age of 98.

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American ...

As we reflect on the remarkable history of the United States military, it is crucial to acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by minorities throughout the years. The stories of bravery, ...

A page on Black soldiers in World War II read in December ... in the cemetery “honor their dedication and service.” Altered language on a since-hidden page on African American History at ...