On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...

Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...

More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...

The legislation would affect the 60 living Medal of Honor recipients. Some 3,500 have been awarded the medal since its inception in 1863. Pension rolls for Medal of Honor recipients were first ...

Harris and McIntyre were approved for the Medal of Honor — the nation’s highest military award for combat heroics — in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt along with 21 other members of ...

He created the Mark Twain Prize and inspired Ken Burns. On Biden’s final full day in office, Cappy McGarr got the honor of a ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White ...

The White House announced the honor after Mr. Biden spoke to Pope Francis on Saturday and informed him of the award. It was the first time during Mr. Biden’s term that he had awarded the medal ...

Tom Cruise can add a prestigious aeronautics medal to his long list of accomplishments.