President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers for his part in an operation that included rescuing an American civilian who was being ...

The Navy has released an interview of Navy SEAL Edward Byers, who will be presented the Medal of Honor on Feb. 29.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor Monday to a Navy SEAL who participated in a daring 2012 raid that rescued an American hostage in Afghanistan.

Edward Carl Byers Jr. was born in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Otsego High School in the small town of Tontogany, Ohio, in 1997. He joined the Navy in September 1998.

President Obama awarded Edward Byers the Medal of Honor on Monday. He got the award for rescuing an American hostage in Afghanistan. The BBC says that Byers entered the building where the hostage ...

WASHINGTON -- To call Edward Byers a combat veteran doesn't come close. He has five Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. And he's done nine combat tours. In 2012 as a member of SEAL Team Six, he ...

WASHINGTON — Imagine yourself in the most dangerous, dire circumstance — held hostage, say, by the Taliban. You’d want a guy just like Edward Byers looking for you. No nonsense, humble ...

On Monday, President Obama draped the Medal of Honor around the neck of Navy Senior Chief Edward C. Byers Jr., a Navy SEAL involved in the daring December 2012 rescue of an American doctor who had ...

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers, living by the code of the Navy SEALs, did not advertise the nature of his work, nor seek recognition for his actions. Yet, the highest of America… ...

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 29: Navy Senior Chief Edward Byers Jr., 36, bows his head in prayer after being awarded the Medal of Honor by U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East ...

Navy SEAL Edward C. Byers Jr., who was born in Toledo and grew up in Grand Rapids, Ohio, will be awarded the Medal of Honor February 29 for his role in the rescue of an American hostage in ...

President Barack Obama and Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers arrive for a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, where the president ...