A South Carolina lawmaker’s bill would waive the requirement that troops receive the Medal of Honor within five years of ...

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s ... days after the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

The town will soon have five new statues dedicated to its Medal of Honor recipients at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheater next to ...

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington offers patriotic displays of soldiers who performed extraordinary acts of ...

John Lee Levitow was born on November 1, 1945, to a Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. He originally intended to join ...

A Jewish World War II soldier from Michigan is being remembered for his extraordinary heroism that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration.

A second law passed in 1862 established ... with the current versions created during World War II. While the requirements for the Medal of Honor have changed over time, it has been primarily ...

Far newer than the Buddy Memorial, the Schaefer Oval was originally dedicated in the spring of 1987, mere weeks after the ...

"There are 61 of us now," he said. He remembers well his first Medal of Honor gathering where World War II and Korean War veterans were among those who attended. "I was thinking they were ancient ...

Texas is home to other Medal of Honor recipients, like the most decorated soldier of World War II, Maj. Audie Murphy. At 19, the second lieutenant from Kingston received his Medal of Honor after ...

Wilson is seen on July 2, 2024. US Army A future Medal of Honor recipient saved Quinlin's father's life in the Philippines in World War II, losing his life as he fought off the Japanese.