When a live grenade landed near him ... On June 19, 2014, Kyle was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama for his heroic self-sacrifice in combat, becoming the youngest living ...

He then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade ... On July 12, 2011, President Barack Obama ...

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his brave action in Kunar Province during a ...

It was not until Vietnam, however, that a Black soldier, Riley Pitts, earned both an officer’s commission and the Medal of Honor ... a time with Boeing Aviation before enlisting in the Army ...

Donlon died on Jan. 25, 2024, just five days before his 90th birthday. Roger H.C. Donlon receives the Medal of Honor from President ... wounded a third time, as a grenade sent shrapnel into ...

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An immediate wave of rocket-propelled grenade rounds engulfed the ... President Barack Obama White House Medal of Honor Ceremony, July 21, 2014 Despite life-threatening injuries – injuries ...

A new museum is opening in Texas highlighting the lives and service of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the ...

Legislation that would quadruple the pensions of Medal of Honor recipients passed the House with unanimous bipartisan support on Wednesday. The bill sailed through the House 424-0. If passed by ...

A group of veterans and lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to award an 87-year-old Marine Corps "legend" and war hero the Medal ... sure that we honor those who have come before us ...

The US Department of Defense has removed the webpage honouring Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in the Vietnam War. The page now redirects to a ...