Medal of Honor recipient Ret. Army Captain William Swensen praises his fellow soldiers and celebrates the opening of the ...

The Medal of Honor has been awarded more than 3,500 times to members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. While the medal is earned in recognition of specific actions ...

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 ...

Harold Gonsalves, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) Gonsalves was born into a Portuguese-American family in ...

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson dived on a grenade to save another Marine. His name adorns Charleston’s VA ...

like Marine Kyle Carpenter, and an interactive display featuring interviews with the 61 Medal of Honor recipients living today. A look inside the National Medal of Honor Museum, opening March 25.

Besides three children, Shemin left behind numerous supporters who kept up the appeal for an upgrade. On June 2, 2015, his daughter, Elsie Shemin-Roth stood before President Barack Obama in the White ...

More than 3,000 service members have received our nation’s highest military honor since 1863. Only one museum tells their stories.

Maj. James Capers’ bravery helped his men survive an enemy attack. Now South Carolina’s congressional delegation is asking President Trump to award him the military’s highest honor.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON—Dakota Meyer, U.S. Marine Corps recipient of the Medal of Honor, took time to speak with students, cadre and leaders from the U.S. Army Medical Center of ...

Maj. James Capers during his time in the Marine Corps. The South Carolina native has been nominated for the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action in Vietnam. Provided The year was 1967 ...

A service member is awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty." ...