It's September 1943, and American and Allied forces are advancing up the Italian Peninsula. Army Pvt. William Crawford is the squad scout for I company, 142nd Infantry Regiment, near Altavilla, Italy.

Besides three children, Shemin left behind numerous supporters who kept up the appeal for an upgrade. On June 2, 2015, his ...

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

A brigadier general in the Union Army who would go on to receive the Medal of Honor ... after the Civil War ended, and although Butterfield's revision was first played at a military funeral ...

Gonzalez died during the Vietnam War at 21 years old, after being hit in the chest with a rocket-propelled grenade. For his bravery, Gonzalez was awarded the Medal of Honor. The Navy named a guided ...

(Courtesy National Medal of Honor Museum) Since its inception in 1861 during the American Civil War, the Medal of Honor ... with Medal of Honor recipient and Navy veteran Thomas “Tommy ...

It highlights the lives and service of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the global war on terrorism ...

George "Bud" Day during the Vietnam War; or viewing the curled corners of Navy ... first Medal of Honor ever presented, which went to Army 1st Lt. Jacob Parrott, who served in the Civil War.

A dozen living recipients of America's highest military ... Honor Museum, a landmark institution honoring the more than 3,500 service members who have received the prestigious award since the ...

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

were rejected by higher-ups who argued that there was no place in the U.S. Army for a Jewish Medal of Honor recipient (in spite of at least five such recipients during the Civil War). Six of ...