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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 ...
Sgt. William Shemin was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor nearly 100 years after his heroic actions during WWI. (Congressional Medal of Honor Society) War brings out the best and worst in ...
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.
Del. James Moylan continues to seek the Medal of Honor for three Guam veterans and has sent a letter to Secretary of the Army ...
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Dozens of Soldiers, community members and Fort Cavazos leadership gathered to honor seven Medal of Honor recipients ... Admiral, III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos ...
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Medal of Honor Day
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." ...
Besides three children, Shemin left behind numerous supporters who kept up the appeal for an upgrade. On June 2, 2015, his ...