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Veteran and social worker Gordon Roberts received the Medal of Honor for “Gallantry in Action” in Vietnam.

VA recently developed a pilot program providing direct and specialized assistance for the 65 living Medal of Honor recipients nationwide.  

March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day. The Medal of Honor is the Nation’s highest military commendation and it recognizes members of the armed forces who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary bravery and valor in combat.

Hershel "Woody" Williams survived Iwo Jima, destroying six enemy pillboxes. When offered the COVID-19 vaccine, the Medal of Honor recipient didn't hesitate.

19-year-old Michael Crescenz was killed in action in Vietnam, the only Philadelphian serving in Vietnam awarded the Medal of Honor. Philadelphia’s VA Medical Center was renamed in his honor in 2014.

Around 200 guests attended an event hosted by Veterans on Wall Street (VOWS) in Manhattan on June 27, 2019. Special guests of honor were Congressional Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia and former Command Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps, Carlton Wayne Kent. The annual event is an opportunity for Veterans and Veteran-centric business leaders from the financial services industry to come together to network and share ideas of mutual interest.

On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, President Donald J. Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to David G. Bellavia for conspicuous gallantry while serving in Iraq.

Allen Lynch received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam and now runs his own Veterans foundation.

On January 31, 1970, Pfc. Raymond M. Clausen Jr. raced [...]

One of the VA’s most notable former employees shared his VA experiences with the VA Patient Experience Symposium. Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams, Marine Corps, World War II and Iwo Jima Veteran worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for more than 30 years. Woody was one of the first VA employees (then named the Veterans Administration) hired in West Virginia, and now has a VA hospital named in his honor.

On Nov. 11, 1943, Pfc Floyd K. Lindstrom and the men of his unit were outnumbered five-to-one as they fought off a German counterattack on a hill near Mignano, Italy.

Public Law 114-315 authorizes VA’s National Cemetery Administration to issue, upon request, a medallion, headstone or marker signifying a Veteran as an Medal of Honor recipient