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…
Marine Corps Pfc. Jimmy Wayne Phipps was only 18 years old when he sacrificed himself in the Vietnamese jungle so…
In the jungle of Vietnam, Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Goethel Stewart gave his life to ensure the enemy did not…
Navy Lt. John James Powers knew that dive-bombing ships was a dangerous way to deploy explosives against the Japanese during…
Navy Capt. Michael John Estocin flew many perilous missions in the early days of the Vietnam War, and a close…