Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War, is reenlisting in the the ...

Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, recommitted to serve his country Thursday during an enlistment ceremony ...

William Shemin was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor nearly 100 years after his heroic actions during WWI.

O’Malley, 81, the first U.S. Marine Corps recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam war, was accompanied by his stepdaughter Shannon Dear. She lives in Euless; O’Malley lived in a nursing home in ...

(Courtesy National Medal of Honor Museum) Since its inception in 1861 during the American Civil War, the Medal of Honor has been awarded to less than 4,000 men and one woman among the 40 million ...

according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Over 1,500 of the medals, nearly 43%, were given for service in the Civil War. There are only 61 living recipients today. Alexander Banerjee ...

Included in that collection is the first Medal of Honor ever presented, which went to Army 1st Lt. Jacob Parrott, who served in the Civil War. In one square acre, museum visitors can see courage ...

Medal of Honor recipient Sammy L. Davis' amazing story of serving in the Vietnam War is the inspiration behind the movie "Forrest Gump." "It renews your soul that people care. Sometimes you get to ...