A South Carolina lawmaker’s bill would waive the requirement that troops receive the Medal of Honor within five years of ...

A war hero who became the youngest recipient of the Military Cross since World War II has sold his gallantry medals at ...

Cheshire's own Colonel Harvey C. Barnum hopes his medal inspires the students who walk through the halls of the school named ...

Suffering two broken legs and heavy bleeding, Capers continued fighting and directed his team in the counterattack.

John Lee Levitow was born on November 1, 1945, to a Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. He originally intended to join ...

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 ...

This story first appeared in the Newnan Times-Herald about a Purple Heart medal found in a local scrapyard. A local historian tracked the name on the medal to David T. McMahon, a World War II pilot ...

Photo: Getty Images Memorial Day began in the mid-1800s as a way to honor the people who died in the American Civil War. The ...

Senators Warren and Merkley first introduced the Remove the Stain Act in the 116th Congress, and again in 117th Congress.

South Boston gathered in a pre-Memorial Day ceremony Sunday morning, carrying out an annual tradition of remembering and ...

Sgt. Reece Martin wanted to know more about his uncle, Lawrence Martin, who landed in France on D-Day and died in action 10 days later. So he spent years finding out. Last week, on the 84th ...

In early 1969, Easthampton residents Cpl. Donald M. Ashton Jr. and Chief Warrant Officer George F. Lapan were killed in ...