(WOOD) — A Medal of Honor recipient from Southwest Michigan will ... honored with the medal for the lives he saved during the Vietnam War. “As a combat medic, I held 18-, 19-, 20-year-old ...

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

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

(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 ...

He was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War and only the 19th ... in an extensive exhibit featuring multiple recipients, which will rotate over time, museum vice ...

Despite its heroic stand, not one member of the 3rd Division was awarded the Medal of Honor throughout World War I, but that would change in the next conflict. Not only would the 3rd produce 61 ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans service organization, will proudly honor two dozen Medal of Honor recipients at Monday's Veterans ...

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