When Army Staff Sgt. Edward Noboru Kaneshiro learned his fellow soldiers were in trouble in Vietnam, he didn’t hesitate to…
Richard O’Kane graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934 and commissioned into the Navy. His first assignments were aboard…
In 1971, Army Spec. 5 Dennis M. Fujii spent five grueling days fending off enemy fighters after his medevac helicopter…
Franklin Douglas “Doug” Miller was born in Elizabeth City, N.C., in January 1945 and lived in Albuquerque, N.M. He joined the…
Navy Quartermaster John Cooper wasn’t born in the United States, but once he immigrated here at age 17, he chose…
During Army 2nd Lt. Lloyd Herbert Hughes’ last mission over the skies of Europe in World War II, he had a…
Many Civil War Medal of Honor recipients didn’t get their medals until well after the conflict ended. So, it’s no…
Army Staff Sgt. Gerald L. Endl spent more than two years serving in the South Pacific before he lost his…
Just because you don’t have the best upbringing doesn’t mean you can’t go on to do great things. That was…
The West Virginia State Memorial services for Hershel ‘Woody” Williams took place at the State Culture Center Theater, July 3,…
Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, whose heroics under fire over…
Four Vietnam War soldiers who repeatedly put themselves in harm’s way to defend injured comrades will be awarded the Medal…
Not many helicopter pilots could pull off a mission to fly into enemy territory in complete darkness and rescue their…
