Navy names new destroyer for Senator who was first SEAL awarded Medal of Honor
Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a ...
Medal of Honor awarded to Citadel grad, a chopper pilot killed in Vietnam saving his crew
Charleston army helicopter pilot Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., a Citadel graduate, joins more than 3,520 recipients of nation ...
Biden awards the Medal of Honor and Medal of Valor to military heroes and first responders
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat ...
Durham High grad receives Medal of Honor for saving fellow soldiers’ lives in Vietnam
An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam ...
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Rocky Mount Vietnam vet receives Medal of Honor for act of heroism: 'Acted as a human shield'
The family of Rocky Mounty native Cpt. Hugh Nelson Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House on his ...
Citadel graduate, killed saving his crew in Vietnam, honored with Medal of Honor
A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the ...
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Biden bestows Girard veteran, Ken David, the Medal of Honor for Army service in Vietnam
Awesome. Outstanding. Very solemn.” That is how Girard Army veteran Ken David described receiving the Medal of Honor — the ...
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‘Flat-out, straight-up American hero’: 2 Vietnam soldiers who rescued fellow troops in combat receive Medal of Honor
Seven soldiers who served in the wars in Vietnam and Korea received the Medal of Honor -- the nation’s highest military award ...
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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans
The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, is awarded to service members who display exceptional ...