After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...

It’s hard to miss. The H-60, coated with fresh blue and gold paint, honors Cmdr. Clyde Lassen, a Naval Aviator and Medal ...

David is the second soldier from the platoon to receive the Medal of Honor. Pfc. Kenneth Kays of the 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division received the award in 1973 for his actions on ...

At the time of the combat action which earned him the Medal of Honor, Cavazos was a first lieutenant ... 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, near Fire Support Base Maureen, Thua Thien ...

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

in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Province while serving with the 101st Airborne. “Today we award these individuals a Medal of Honor, ” Biden said. “We can’t stop here. Together as a nation ...

He was originally in the United States Army 17th Cavalry, 82nd Airborne ... Don Bullard, a Medal of Honor recipient in 1968 who served in the Vietnam War, Mike Fitzmaurice, a Medal of Honor ...

A member of the 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division ... On Oct 15, Michael Fitzmaurice was awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House by President Richard Nixon.

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 ...

He served as a radio-telephone operator with Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division ... in Vietnam also received the Medal of Honor on Friday — Capt.