World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

A World War II Medal of Honor recipient from southern Minnesota, whose remains were only just identified this summer, will now be returning home to his final resting place next spring, more than 85 ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of a Medal of Honor recipient more than 80 years after he ...

Living Medal of Honor recipients will now receive around $67,500 in annual honorarium under a new law signed Monday by ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98. Williams' foundation announced on Twitter and Facebook ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Staff Sgt. Junior James Spurrier was born in Castlewood, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1922, as James Ira Spurrier Jr. to Ira and Ruby Spurrier. When Spurrier enlisted into the Army on Sept. 25, ...

Congress approved a major increase to the Medal of Honor pension, boosting lifetime support for the nation’s most decorated ...

But the ceremony to honor the Marine with the nation’s highest medal for valor was unique in more ways than one. At the age of just 14, the teen had forged his mother’s signature to join the Marine ...

BULLARD – It might have looked like any small-town festival — lawn chairs, barbecue at the ready, families in the sun — but Saturday’s Texas Veterans’ Military Show in Bullard came with rare guests: ...

Eleven cadets and midshipmen who played for their service academies would go on to receive the nation's highest award for ...