Friends and family, including 85 members of the Army West Point Swim Team, three Medal of Honor recipients and the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), were in ...
Five Korean War veterans, including Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously on Jan. 3.
Like the heroes in comic books, Cpl. Fred McGee rescued others when the odds were stacked against him. On June 16, 1952, ...
Of the 3,515 recipients of the Medal of Honor prior to Friday's ceremony since the 1860s, 93 were Black; 59 Hispanic; 35 Asian or Pacific Islander ... In his unit's assault on fortified enemy ...
McGee, who died in 2020, will be awarded the medal for his gallantry in a June 16, 1952, assault on enemy fortified ... Johnson of Marietta had sought the honor for McGee, securing language ...
Of the more than 3,500 service members who have been awarded the Medal of Honor, only 94 African Americans, 59 Hispanic and 35 Asian or Pacific Islanders ... from the main assault force and ...
The enemy’s initial assault mortally wounded the company ... Another soldier who fought in Vietnam also received the Medal of Honor on Friday — Capt. Hugh Nelson Jr. His daughter, Debbie ...
This exploration reveals how each assault ... for him to receive Medal of Freedom Major change to supermarket checkouts as 50-year shopping feature is being axed Dangerous Pacific Palisades ...
Biden also gave the medal to Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Mississippi), who along with Cheney led the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault ... intended to honor those who ...
President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military ... attention toward himself after an initial enemy assault that mortally wounded his platoon leader and ...
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest military ... McGee “delivered a heavy volume of supporting fire” during an assault on an enemy’s position, assuming ...