A Marine who served under him during the war started a push for the Navy Cross to be upgraded to a Medal of Honor. Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA) led the effort in Congress and Canley was ...
The Medal of Honor is regarded as the highest achievement possible within the Armed Forces of the United States. Service ...
From its beginning in December 1861, the Medal of Honor stands as the pinnacle of military recognition in the United States, ...
A Medal of Honor recipient's Waco family is sharing his legacy of duty to the country in a new book also containing accounts ...
A hundred years later, a Putnam man’s act of bravery could lead to a nuclear submarine being named in his honor. Torpedoman ...
Previously, grave site Medal of Honor recognition only was available to Medal of Honor recipients who served in the military after 1917, when the United States entered the First World War.
A Medal of Honor recipient's Waco family is sharing his legacy of duty to the country in a new book also containing accounts ...
There are also three medals for the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Conceived in 1860 and first awarded in 1863, the Medal of Honor has been awarded only 3,459 times to 3,440 recipients, almost half of ...
In May 2018, President Donald Trump awarded retired Navy Master Chief Britt K. Slabinski the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while leading a Joint Task Force during Operation Anaconda in ...
The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided ... and the second ship named after the Medal of Honor recipient. The ship was commissioned — in front of Marines from Basilone’s historic ...