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At a White House ceremony, President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to three U.S. Army soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan: Army Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee, and posthumously to…

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Army Ranger Colonel Ralph Puckett for his service during the Korean War. South Korean President Moon attended the ceremony at the White House…

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government. The first was presented by President Lincoln in 1863. Daughters of World War I Medal of Honor recipients John…

President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major Thomas Payne, the first living Delta Force member to receive the award. The president talked about Sergeant Major Payne’s…

President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to Army Master Sergeant Matthew Williams for his bravery and actions during battle a 2008 in Afghanistan.

President Trump bestowed the Medal of Honor on the Iraq War’s first living recipient, Army veteran David Bellavia, for his life-saving actions in a battle known as the Second Battle of…

Medal of Honor recipient Allen Lynch talked about his book, Zero to Hero: From Bullied Kid to Warrior, on growing up in Chicago and serving in the Vietnam War.

President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins for his actions in the Iraq War in 2007. Staff Sergeant Atkins lost his life tackling a suicide…

President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to retired Sergeant Major John Canley for his service during the Vietnam War. The 80-year-old former Marine lives in Oxnard, California.

In the East Room of the White House, President Trump awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to former Staff Sergeant Ronald Shurer II, an Army Special Forces medic who served in Afghanistan. President Trump…

President Trump delivered remarks at a Congressional Medal of Honor Society reception held in the White House’s East Room.

Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins was interviewed by the co-author of his book, A Tiger among Us: A Story of Valor in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley. Sergeant Adkins described how he and sixteen…

President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to the family of an airman killed in Afghanistan. Sergeant John Chapman was killed in action by enemy fire in March 2002. Several of Sergeant…

President Trump posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to World War II veteran First Lieutenant Garlin Conner for his bravery in placing himself in the line of fire to save…

President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski in the White House East Room. He was awarded the military’s highest honor for leading a reconnaissance team…

The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for valor during combat. Three recipients -- two who received their medals for actions in the Vietnam War, and a third for his service in…

Retired U.S. Army Captain Flo Groberg talked about the event that led to his becoming the first immigrant since the Vietnam War to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa presented the Medal of Honor to the five police officers who responded to the June 2017 congressional baseball shooting, in which four people…

President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to two Vietnam War soldiers, Army Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins and Army Specialist Four Donald Sloat. Specialist Sloat received the award…

President Obama awarded retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles the Medal of Honor. Colonel Kettles received the military’s highest award for his actions in the U.S. Army while serving…