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94-Year-old Gets Medal of Honor 70 Years After Heroism, Making Him One of the Most Decorated Soldiers in US History
Seventy years ago, on a frozen hilltop deep in what is now North Korea, a young First Lieutenant acted with bravery that earned him...
Army Ranger Patrick Payne Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor For Heroism in Liberating 75 Hostages
The White House presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to Sgt. Maj. Thomas “Patrick” Payne this week for heroism and selfless actions that were...
14-year-old Receives Girl Scout Medal of Honor for Saving the Life of a Drowning Boy
Not only did she enjoy a visit to the Disneyland Hotel last week, Ava Kopecky was presented with the Girl Scout Medal of Honor...
Navy SEAL Received Medal of Honor for Heroic Actions in Afghanistan
Today at the White House, Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr. became the sixth Navy SEAL in U.S. history to receive...
151 Years After US Civil War, Pickett’s Charge Hero Gets Medal Of Honor
A century and a half after Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, one of the most fabled attacks in American history, a 22-year-old Union officer whose...
President Awards Medal of Honor to Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter
At the White House Thursday, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter, a retired US Marine whose courageous actions...
Obama Presents Soldier With Medal of Honor for Conspicuous Bravery
President Obama yesterday presented the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Captain William Swenson for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life and...
‘He Saved Hundreds’: Army Chaplain To Get Medal Of Honor
It took more than 60 years, but an Army chaplain who died as a prisoner during the Korean War will be awarded the Medal...
Marine Who Saved 36 While Under Fire Gets Medal of Honor
President Obama today awarded the Medal of Honor to Dakota Meyer, a former active duty Marine Corporal from Kentucky who saved the lives of...
President Obama Bestows Medal of Honor on Afghan Veteran Grenade Hero
Yesterday at the White House, Sergeant Leroy Petry was celebrated as the second living Medal of Honor recipient to have earned the award for...
Slain Hero a Finalist for Civilian Medal of Honor
A Houston man killed last year protecting a woman from a gun-wielding purse snatcher has been named a finalist for an award created by...
Reluctant Hero Becomes First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam
This afternoon in the East Room of the White House, President Obama presented the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to Staff Sergeant Salvatore...
Obama Singles Out Active Soldier to Receive Medal of Honor
Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, a 22-year-old from Hiawatha, Iowa who was on patrol with his unit in Afghanistan, ran straight into the teeth...
Medal of Honor Society Launches Above & Beyond Citizen Awards
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is calling upon the American public to nominate their fellow citizens for the Above & Beyond Citizen Honors....
Good News in History, November 11
203 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, October 25
23 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical...
Good News in History, October 12
On this day in 1945, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estimated 75 men...
Good News in History, July 18
103 years ago today, John Glenn, the American aviator, politician, and astronaut who became the third American in space, was born. The Ohio-born pilot...
Good News in History, March 3
7 years ago today, Nintendo released the Switch gaming console. While video games may not be everyone's cup of tea, it was an inspiring...
Good News in History, February 7
40 years ago today, astronaut Bruce McCandless II drifted away from the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay as part of the first untethered space...