A Marine’s legacy as first Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipient
Pfc. Fernando Garcia is the only Puerto Rican Marine to have received the award.
By Jon Guttman
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With his track ablaze, this soldier found a way to destroy an enemy tank
As a tank destroyer commander without a tank destroyer, Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Clyde Choate had to do exceptional improvisation under fire.
By Jon Guttman
100 years ago Friday, the first submariner received the Medal of Honor
Heroism while his boat sank earned Torpedoman’s Mate 2nd Class Henry Breault the military's highest decoration in 1924.
By Sarah Sicard
Graphic novel tells story of Alwyn Cashe’s long-awaited Medal of Honor
Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Dec. 16, 2021.
By Sarah Sicard
Black officer’s ‘lost’ Medal of Honor nomination nearing approval
The award paperwork was lost on two separate occasions. Now his medal may come.
By Davis Winkie
First soldier ever awarded two Medals of Honor subject of new graphic novel
Thomas Custer was the first of 19 troops to ever be awarded two Medals of Honor.
By Sarah Sicard