The Arlington museum’s exhibits restarted a dispute over two Medal of Honor stories. Here’s how officials picked which heroes to spotlight.

Centennial student Nailah Mansury will receive the prestigious Congressional Award Gold Medal this summer in D.C. She was with a mural she has worked on at the school in Champaign on Tuesday, Feb. 4, ...

Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...

Owls” was one of a trio of books that took top prizes at the Sydney Taylor Book Awards for Jewish children’s books.

War has a way of creating legends, but a few stories of heroism rival the greatest fiction. In the heart of the Vietnam War, wounded, outnumbered, and facing impossible odds, one man, Roy Benavidez, ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...

Rickard Rakell had but three words to describe recently getting the news that he’d be joining Sweden for the upcoming 4 ...

Charisse notes that, at the time, the medal of honor was not at the level of distinction that it ... "Whatever cohesion and ...

Navy Lt. Clyde E. Lassen is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon Johnson on Jan. 16, 1969. For his bravery, Lassen was awarded the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military’s highest ...

EXCLUSIVE: A new, bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost pensions for Medal of Honor recipients six-fold. The legislation, reintroduced by Texas Republicans Rep. Troy Nehls and Sen. Ted Cruz and ...

Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The dedication ceremony is set for 1 p.m. Jan. 26 ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...