Former President Jimmy Carter is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as the nation honors the 39th president ...

"'Lying in state' is a phrase typically reserved for those who have served in elective office—presidents, members of Congress ...

President Joe Biden presented the highest military award for valor to seven U.S. Army soldiers at a ceremony at the White ...

But on Friday, he finally received the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor ... One of the recipients, Kenneth W. David, who earned the honor for heroism in Vietnam, received ...

Orig was among the Medal of Honor recipients recognized Friday by President Joe Biden in one of his last opportunities to officially acknowledge acts of selflessness and personal bravery in times ...

Today we award these individuals *** Medal of Honor. We can't stop here to go to the nation. It's up to us to give this meal meaning to keep fighting to keep fighting for one another, for each other.

When the ground was recaptured later that day, Orig was found dead beside the machine gun, surrounded by enemy combatants he had killed.Orig was among the Medal of Honor recipients recognized ...