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

(Henry Villarama/U.S. Army) For every battle in the Vietnam War ... major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of Honor recipients. Born in Girard, Ohio, on Jan. 21, 1950, Kenneth David ...

Lassen is one of only 3,526 Medal of Honor recipients, and one of just three Navy pilots to receive the decoration during the Vietnam War. He is the 32nd Medal of Honor recipient with a plaque on ...

(National Archives) The Vietnam War was nothing if not loaded with ironies at every conceivable level. The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point ...