Do I save others or save myself? That's a question an unknown number of service members have asked themselves…
In June 2006, high above a valley in Afghanistan, 16 soldiers on patrol valiantly tried to stave off a huge…
During the early days of the Korean War, Army Capt. Frederick Funston Henry chose to take the brunt of an…
Army Sgt. William Wayne Seay risked his life numerous times to save his comrades as their convoy was ambushed during…
When Army Sgt. James Mestrovitch moved to the U.S. from Europe, he didn't expect to return as an interpreter or…
"Honor before self" is a core value of the Marine Corps. It's one Pfc. Robert Lee Wilson took to heart.…
During World War I, Army Cpl. Sidney Earnest Manning took charge of his platoon after his superiors fell during a…
Few, if any, Medal of Honor recipients endured what Army Cpl. Tibor Rubin did. As a young Jewish man in…
When Marine Corps 1st Lt. Frank Stanley Reasoner was surrounded by insurgents deep in enemy territory in Vietnam, he did…
Army 1st Lt. Richard Thomas Shea Jr. was a decorated U.S. Military Academy distance runner who could have been an…
When friendly troops fighting in Vietnam needed airpower to survive, Air Force Capt. Steven Logan Bennett didn't hesitate to come…
After Allied troops landed in France in 1944, Army 2nd Lt. John Edward Butts and his unit faced heavy fighting…
Over the skies of the South Pacific, Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph Raymond Sarnoski gave his life to keep…
During the Civil War, Navy Acting Master's Mate Thomas Harding did his best to save one of his superiors on…
When Army Tech. Sgt. Yeiki Kobashigawa encountered enemy machine gun nests in Italy during World War II, he didn't shy…