Medal of Honor recipients would see their pensions increase 6-fold under new proposal
EXCLUSIVE: A new, bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost pensions for Medal of Honor recipients six-fold. The legislation, reintroduced by Texas Republicans Rep. Troy Nehls and Sen. Ted Cruz and New ...
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Citadel graduate to receive posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A man is set to receive a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor Friday and will become the first Citadel graduate to do so. Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson, a graduate of the ...
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Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to The Citadel grad Captain Hugh Nelson
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — Captain Hugh Reavis Nelson, a 1959 graduate of The Citadel, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on Friday for his heroic actions during the ...
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5 Korean War soldiers will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor
according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. President Joe Biden on Friday will present the medals at a White House ceremony, during which two Vietnam War soldiers will also receive ...
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Rocky Mount Vietnam vet receives Medal of Honor for act of heroism: 'Acted as a human shield'
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- The family of Rocky Mounty native Cpt. Hugh Nelson Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House on his behalf. Nelson was killed in action on June 5 ...
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‘Genuine to their core heroes’: Biden awards Medal of Honor to 5 Korean War soldiers
according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. On Friday, Biden added five more. Cavazos, who was from Kingsville, Texas, entered the Army after graduating from what is now Texas Tech ...
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Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation ... Biden will honor four ...
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Medals of Honor Awarded to 5 Soldiers from Korean War and 2 from Vietnam
according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The seven recipients awarded Friday fought in two fundamentally different wars, at different times, and in different units, but all displayed ...
Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and Denzel Washington Received the Highest U.S. Civilian Honor
WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed ...
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Sinatra will receive Congressional honor
The medal is Congress’ most prestigious civilian honor. “Frank Sinatra is perhaps the greatest singer of popular American music of this century,” said Rep. Michael Castle, R-Del. Rep. Jose Serrano, ...
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Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional ... Biden will honor four people ...