This is the latest effort to recognize James Capers Jr. for his heroism during an April 1967 ambush in Vietnam.

Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter saved another Marine's life in 2010 in Afghanistan when he jumped in front of a grenade to absorb ...

The Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer for the youngest living Marine to receive the ...

Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest honor, by then-President Barack Obama in 2011 for his heroics in Afghanistan when he charged five times in a Humvee into heavy ...

Cpl. Kyle Carpenter was seriously wounded using his body to absorb a grenade blast that threatened a fellow Marine.

The Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center on Saturday unveiled a new exhibit spotlighting the life, service, and ...

In 2014, Cpl. Kyle Carpenter received the Medal of Honor for an act of selflessness not many recipients survive. In 2010, he was a lance corporal, positioned on a sandbagged rooftop in Afghanistan ...

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 23, from Greensburg, Ky, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept., 15, 2011.