This Special Forces Officer Was the Vietnam War’s First Medal of Honor Recipient Capt. Roger Donlon, an Army Green Beret, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions after the Viet Cong tried to overrun...
Earl Plumlee Was Initially Denied the Medal of Honor Because of His Rank A Senior Army Decorations Board member believed Earl Plumlee was just doing the job expected of a senior non-commissioned...
6 Reasons Why Receiving the Medal of Honor Is Especially Significant The Medal of Honor is the United States' highest military honor, but it comes with more than a medal.
This Black WWII Soldier Waited 50 Years to Receive the Medal of Honor Vernon Baker eventually received the Medal of Honor for killing nine enemy troops in an assault of Castle Aghinolfi in...
Lawmaker Wants to Rename Fort Benning for New Medal of Honor Recipient Alwyn Cashe In 2020, Congress created the Naming Commission to rename military bases and other Defense Department property with...
5 Korea and Vietnam Veterans Are Now Eligible for Medal of Honor The NDAA would also allow four soldiers who served in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia to have their awards upgraded.
Biden Green-Lights Medal of Honor Memorial in Washington, DC Nearly 4,000 Americans have received the Medal of Honor since it was established during the Civil War.
Heroism and Sacrifice Mark Soldiers' Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House Three Medals of Honor, three soldiers, and three winding stories of heroism all came together at the White House.
Medals of Honor to Be Awarded to Alwyn Cashe, 2 Afghanistan Soldiers Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe died after pulling fellow troops out of a burning vehicle in Iraq in 2005.
This WWII Spymaster Received a Medal of Honor for WWI Heroism Wild Bill Donovan is the only man to receive all four of the United States’ highest awards.
4 Soldiers Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault in Barracks at Washington State Base Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
A Look at Those Trump Has Targeted in Tactic of Revoking Security Clearances The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former...
Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia's biggest this year...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday...
![Vernon Baker from the cover of AUSA graphic novel "Medal of Honor: Vernon Baker."](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-02/VernonBaker1800.jpeg.jpg?itok=fGB9smrJ "Vernon Baker from the cover of AUSA graphic novel "Medal of Honor: Vernon Baker." (courtesy AUSA)")
