President Joe Biden will honor extraordinary acts of bravery on Friday in one of his final opportunities to formally ...

As a result, a total of 1,527 medals were issued during the American Civil War. The very first recipient of the Medal of Honor was Private Jacob Parrott of Company K, 33D Ohio Infantry ...

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

SAN ANTONIO – Veteran and civil rights activists held a press conference on Monday urging President Biden to give Pvt. Marcelino Serna a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in World War I.

Corporal Fred B. McGee's actions on Hill 528 during the Korean War on June 16, 1952, were nothing short of heroic.Born in ...

The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping ... Orig was among the Medal of Honor recipients recognized Friday by President Joe Biden ...

Biden didn’t seem to mind the moment but moved forward with presenting the Medal of Honor to five Korean War soldiers. “These are genuine to their core heroes. Heroes of different ranks ...

A group of U.S. lawmakers are pushing to posthumously award a civil rights activist held in the Japanese internment camp in ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...