Pension rolls for Medal of Honor recipients were first created in 1916, with pensioners receiving $10 per month from the federal government. The monthly stipend was raised to $100 in 1961 and $ ...
His classmates loved him, but they might never have guessed that "Sandy" would become the first Medal of Honor recipient of World War II -- and that he fought like a Viking berserker in the process.
The U.S. Naval Academy and West Point rejected an advertisement intended for the Army-Navy game last month that featured a Marine whom supporters believe should receive the Medal of Honor ...
The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in ... Orig was among the Medal of Honor recipients recognized Friday by President Joe Biden in one of his last opportunities to ...
President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, to then-Private First Class Kenneth J. David, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in ...
the Medal of Honor. Cavazos, who died in 2017, earned the award for actions during the Korean War in 1953, when the young first lieutenant led his company through multiple rounds of assaults to ...
Hugh Nelson Jr. who is the first-ever graduate from The Citadel Military College in South Carolina to receive the Medal of Honor. Nelson was previously awarded the U.S. Army’s Distinguished ...