Army Times6d
This Medal of Honor recipient jumped on a live flare to save his crew
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
The Washington Informer3d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
El Paso Inc1d
Biden passed over Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna for the Medal of Honor. Advocates continue to push for posthumous honor
When the Fabens international bridge was renamed in 2017 as the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry, a curious man in the crowd was ...
Army Times2d
This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
Stars and Stripes5d
Critics say Medal of Honor museum shortchanges airman’s achievements
More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...
El Paso Inc1d
Biden passed over Latino WWI hero Marcelino Serna for the Medal of Honor. Advocates say medal long overdue
When the Fabens international bridge was renamed in 2017 as the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry, a curious man in the crowd was listening intently to the speeches from the ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel6d
Requesting Reinforcements: Civil War reenactors put out call for new recruits as their ranks dwindle
The Civil War reenactment group that is regularly featured throughout the area at events and ceremonies shooting its cannon ...
Sierra Sun Times2d
U.S. Senator Reintroduces Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans Who Fought to Preserve the Union in the Civil War
Mariposa California's original daily updated online newspaper is the premier site for news and information on Yosemite, Mariposa, California and United States ...
Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’
Military bases should not be named "for traitors to our country but instead honor American heroes like Novosel," she wrote ...
WW2 Wayfinder on MSN5d
Medal of Honor Hero: Eli Whiteley’s Incredible Bravery
Under heavy fire and gravely wounded, Eli Whiteley refused to back down. In the brutal Battle of Sigolsheim, he led his men through fierce urban combat, taking out enemy strongholds one by one. His ...
Alabama official: Hegseth should rename Fort Novosel after switching back Fort Bragg
Fort Novosel had been Fort Rucker, named for Col. Edmund Rucker, a brigade commander in the Confederate Army during the Civil ...