What is the Medal of Honor? Also referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Medal of Honor is the highest individual award available in the United States Military. There are three different ...

Service members and veterans who earned the Medal of Honor for their actions will see a sizable increase in their special pensions. Their special annual pension will more than quadruple under a new ...

President Donald Trump signed into law the Medal of Honor Act, which directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to "increase the rate of the special monthly pension payable to living Medal of Honor ...

WASHINGTON — Recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration bestowed in the United States, will see their pensions increase nearly fourfold under legislation signed by President ...

MSG Earl Plumlee, a Medal of Honor recipient, said that a new law delivering a major increase to living recipients' pensions "balances the scale" between those who served the United States honorably ...

An Ohio truck driver who crawled through thick smoke to rescue a critically injured teenager from a burning charter bus has ...

ROCHESTER — Fifteen Rochester residents were honored Thursday during the 42nd year of awarding the Mayor’s Medal of Honor. Mayor Kim Norton hosted a lunch in their honor, surprising many recipients ...

AVON, Ohio – A local Purple Heart recipient has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. Avon resident U.S. Army Specialist Four Gerald Galant will represent ...

Living Medal of Honor recipients will now receive around $67,500 in annual honorarium under a new law signed Monday by President Donald Trump. The Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends ...

On Monday, December 1, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 695, the “Medal of Honor Act,” which requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the rate of the special monthly pension ...

Other states around the country that have designated themselves "Purple Heart States" include Ohio, Washington, and Virginia.

Lance Jones recalls the harrowing moments when he and the late Joshua Curtis struggled to save two children from a Fernandina ...