Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest military ... Orig volunteered to man the machine gun, and he provided cover for a withdrawing friendly platoon.

He used his body as a shield to cover one of his crew members from intense enemy fire, sacrificing his own life to save them. And finally, PFC Wataru Nakamura received the Medal of Honor for ...

WASHINGTON — Five Korean War soldiers whose extraordinary heroism was not fully recognized at the time will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on ...

Biden didn’t seem to mind the moment but moved forward with presenting the Medal of Honor to five Korean War ... squad to withdraw while he provided cover fire. Though wounded in the face ...

He continued to provide cover for the wounded until he fully ... 2025, accepted the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden. A day later the Defense Department inducted David into its Hall of ...

Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., Citadel Class of 1959, joins the 3,519 previous recipients of the Medal of Honor, America's highest ... Nelson moved to cover his 18-year-old mission specialist, becoming ...

President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... who wore a Ralph Lauren design on the cover of Vogue in August, and first granddaughter ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers ... using his own body as a human shield to cover his comrade, saved the life of his fellow soldier ...

The group was bestowed with the nation’s highest civilian honor in ... the brand covers. Tom Brenner/Getty(3) A group of new individuals have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.