Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 ...

In observance of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the West Virginia & Regional History Center invites the ...

Suffering two broken legs and heavy bleeding, Capers continued fighting and directed his team in the counterattack.

Springmill STEM Elementary recently had its STEM designation renewed by that the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s ...

Zac Brown's commitment to veterans earned him the inaugural Veterans Voice Award presented by the Easy Day Foundation on ...

Lacks' immortal cells were taken without her consent in 1951 and used for research that changed the course of modern medicine ...

COLUMBIA, Md., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases, will host its annual ...

ABERDEEN – During the Vietnam War, roughly 3,000 medical evacuation helicopter pilots, co-pilots, crew chiefs and medics helped save more than 900,000 lives through more than 475,000 missions.

He was later buried in Gladewater. A few months after his death, the army awarded Watkins the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service above and beyond the call of duty. President Harry ...

He received the Congressional Medal of Honor on March 12, 1953, for his heroic actions. He was also a local. “Duane E. Dewey was a local resident who was very involved in the local community ...

May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Police Defense Foundation's 30th Anniversary ... non profit organization established in 2009 to honor the memory of fallen U.S. Border Patrol agents.

All three men explained what being a Medal of Honor recipient means to them on a personal level. "Every time we put the medal on, it's a gracious gift to sit here and talk about it," said Williams ...