Military Times on MSN8d
Medal of Honor recipient faced down 100 enemy troops to cover his men
Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...
Army Times1d
This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
Fox News23d
Medal of Honor recipients would see their pensions increase 6-fold under new proposal
Former President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers, six posthumously and one who attended the White House ceremony in person – Pfc. Kenneth J. David – for their ...
Stars and Stripes5d
Critics say Medal of Honor museum shortchanges airman’s achievements
More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...
El Paso Inc1d
Biden passed over Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna for the Medal of Honor. Advocates continue to push for posthumous honor
When the Fabens international bridge was renamed in 2017 as the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry, a curious man in the crowd was ...
Military Times14d
After 50 years, this WWII soldier finally received his Medal of Honor
Baker retired from the Army on Aug. 31, 1968 ... to have their WWII Distinguished Service Cross upgraded to the Medal of Honor. He was the only one of them still alive to receive the award ...
El Paso Inc1d
Biden passed over Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna for the Medal of Honor. Advocates say medal long overdue
When the Fabens international bridge was renamed in 2017 as the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry, a curious man in the crowd was listening intently to the speeches from the ...
Stars and Stripes29d
2 soldiers who fought in the Philippine Insurrection to be awarded Medals of Honor approved more than a century ago
Harris and McIntyre were approved for the Medal of Honor — the nation’s highest military award for combat heroics — in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt along with 21 other members of ...
The Washington Informer3d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...