On Aug. 27, he was one of 27 servicemen called to the White House to receive the Medal of Honor from President Truman. Still ...

From the Revolutionary War to World War II, Black American soldiers have undergone centuries of having to repeatedly prove their worth with each conflict in which they served. The issuance by ...

Four Black Seminole Indian Scouts received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary acts of valor in the turbulent borderlands of ...

SAUGATUCK, Mich. (WOOD) — A Medal of Honor recipient from Southwest Michigan will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday. “I think it’s kind of special that I was (Trump’s) first ...

The 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner was a fairly inconsequential battle of the Civil War in terms of overall tactics and strategy. The Union Army needed to capture the rebel-held fort as part of its ...

The congressman is pushing for the Columbia Post Office to be renamed in honor of WWII hero John Harlan Willis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Feb. 15, 1951, Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what’s now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni. The ...

Imagine seeing the pin, screw and rod-riddled X-rays of Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Carpenter's injuries from a grenade blast in Afghanistan; reading the small inscription on the lighter used by Air Force ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On Feb. 15, 1951, Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what’s now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni. The ...