Medal of Honor recipients Michael Thornton and Thomas Norris at a ceremony in Washington, DC, April 9, 2008. US Navy/MCS1 Brien Aho Mike Thornton probably has the most unique story on this list.

Byers, 36, became a SEAL in 2003. He’ll be the sixth SEAL Medal of Honor recipient and the first living one since the Vietnam War, The Navy Times reported.

Heroic Medal of Honor recipient recalls 2002 battle 03:00. Members of "the Old Guard" placed American flags at more than 228,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday for Memorial Day ...

The Navy SEAL was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush in 2008 for his actions in Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006. (MORE: Navy denies more than 4,400 claims related ...

Authorities in New York arrested a 14-year-old boy on Friday for allegedly vandalizing the memorial of a slain Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient. Suffolk County Police received a call on ...

Navy SEAL presented with Medal of Honor 02:50. WASHINGTON -- To call Edward Byers a combat veteran doesn't come close. He has five Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. And he's done nine combat ...

The Medal of Honor will be awarded to a Navy SEAL for his role in rescuing an American civilian being held hostage by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. CNN values your feedback 1.

Medal of Honor recipient shuns spotlight. Tom Vanden Brook. ... Dramatic Taliban hostage rescue earns Navy SEAL the Medal of Honor “I’ve been in the military almost 18 years,” Byers said.

Navy Senior Chief Edward Byers is believed to be the first service member to ever earn the Medal of Honor while assigned to the secretive SEAL Team 6, based in Virginia Beach. But it is his plans ...

The Navy will commission its newest destroyer on Saturday, named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor. The Navy SEAL was posthumously awarded the Medal ...

The Navy will commission its newest destroyer on Saturday, named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient and Navy SEAL, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor. ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 live stream.