Medal of Honor

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Alexander Bonnyman Jr. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.

Marine Veteran John Canley's Navy Cross, earned during the Vietnam War, was upgraded and he received the Medal of Honor on October 17, 2018.

On October 1, Ronald Shurer received the Medal of Honor at the White House for his actions on April 6, 2008 in Afghanistan.

Britt Slabinksi was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a Joint Task Force supporting Operation Anaconda in the Battle of Takur Ghar.

On August 22, 2018, the President of the United States awarded Technical Sergeant John Chapman the Medal of Honor in recognition of conspicuous gallantry.

Bennie Adkins talks to us about joining the military, the days in Vietnam that led to his Medal of Honor, and the importance of taking care of Veterans.

He passed away in 1998. Today, Garlin Conner was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Houssen, France.

For more than 200 years, men and women of Asian and Pacific Island decent have voluntarily taken the oath to “support and defend the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic.“

Sgt. William H. Thompkins was an African-American soldier who was […]

Sgt. Thompkins' Medal of Honor citation reads, he "voluntarily went ashore in the face of the enemy and aided in the rescue of his wounded comrades."

Army Veteran Anthony Thomas Kaho’ohanohano earned the Medal of Honor for his service.

Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War.