For example, more than 40% of Medal of Honor awards occurred during the Civil War or in the several years after the award was originally created in 1861. A small number of service members have ...

Texas is home to other Medal of Honor recipients, like the most decorated soldier of World War II, Maj. Audie Murphy. At 19, the second lieutenant from Kingston received his Medal of Honor after ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been unveiled at a museum. Tommy, a pigeon from Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria, was given the Dickin Medal ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A local United States Korean War veteran received the Medal of Peace Friday afternoon. The Korean government is celebrating 75 years of peace by awarding this medal ...

Their actions, like the other recipients of the medal, were far and above the call of duty. During the Civil War, the job of color bearer was one of the most hazardous as well as important duties ...

A British veteran who ‘told a little fib’ to get into the army when he was just 16 has been honoured with France’s highest medal for his role in the Second World War, 80 years on.