In 2009, during the war in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Louis Meyer spent hours traversing an active combat zone…
Civil War Union Army bugler John Cook is one of the youngest Medal of Honor recipients in American history. When…
While serving in the Vietnam War, Army 1st Sgt. Nicky Daniel Bacon put his life on the line to lead…
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roy Mitchell Wheat had only been in charge of a security team in Vietnam for two…
During the Korean War, the regiment Army Pfc. William Henry Thompson served on was scrutinized for a perceived lack of…
As a hospital corpsman, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men…
During World War I, Navy Capt. Willis Winter Bradley Jr. saved his fellow shipmates by making sure an explosion in…
Friends of Army Staff Sgt. Kazuo Otani knew that he would do anything to help others and prove his allegiance…
When Army Pfc. Emory Lawrence Bennett's company was ordered to retreat from a lopsided battle in Korea, he volunteered…
Not a lot of people have the skill and demeanor to keep their counterparts focused during an overwhelming battle. However,…
When Japanese suicide aircraft attacked U.S. Navy ships late in World War II, Navy Capt. Richard Miles McCool Jr.…
Marine Corps Capt. James Albert Graham could have fled to safety with the rest of his company during a firefight…
Army Col. Van Thomas Barfoot is one of 33 men of Native American heritage to earn the Medal of Honor.…
Of all the men who fought and died on D-Day, Army 1st Lt. Jimmie W. Monteith Jr.'s actions might…
For a lot of military heroes, actions taken in battle are carried out without thinking, and they're sometimes hazy afterward…