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

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

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 ...

“It’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better because everyone who gets the ...

He handed Stanley Earley III, son of Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley, the highest civilian honor awarded by the U.S. Congress, The Congressional Gold Medal. Earley led the group of 855 ...

Members of a select group of American war heroes will spend the week in Birmingham for the 2027 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention. Birmingham will host the convention September 13 - 18, ...

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 ...

The town will soon have five new statues dedicated to its Medal of Honor recipients at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheater next to ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Ken David of Girard holds up a photograph of him receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from former President Joe Biden on Jan. 3. David spoke Friday to middle ...

WASHINGTON DC — Congress bestowed its highest honor this week to the trail-blazing Six Triple Eight Battalion. The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the only all-Black female unit to serve ...

WASHINGTON — The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the "Six Triple Eight," were honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a ...