This World War II Hero Is the Only Coast Guard Member with a Medal of Honor Douglas Munro is the only Coast Guardsman with a Medal of Honor (so far). To hundreds of Marines at Guadalcanal on Sept. 27...
This Vietnam War Legend Is the Only Soldier Nominated 3 Times for the Medal of Honor Green Beret Robert Howard is the only one of the 3,547 Medal of Honor recipients to be nominated for the United States’ top...
Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
The Navy's New Destroyer Is Named for the First SEAL to Receive the Medal of Honor The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the third named for a Navy SEAL after the USS Michael P...
The Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in the Pentagon's DEI Purge Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of...
5 Powerful Artifacts in the New National Medal of Honor Museum The new National Medal of Honor Museum is set to officially open to the public on March 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
A New Museum in Texas Tells the Life Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients A new museum devoted to telling the stories of those who have received the nation's highest military honor is opening this...
The WWII Fighter Ace and Medal of Honor Recipient Who Helped Give America the Super Bowl When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December...
More Than 80 Years Later, Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Action Is Still Like Something Out of a Movie Audie Murphy's one-man fight against the Nazis in Europe might seem like something straight out of a modern action movie, but...
The Latest in Ex-Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill's $25 Million Defamation Lawsuit The $25 million defamation lawsuit by ex-Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill could be decided by a jury in state or federal court.
Government Shutdown Risk Grows as Jan. 30 Funding Deadline Nears: What We Know With a Jan. 30 funding deadline approaching, Congress faces a familiar standoff. Here’s when a shutdown could begin, what a...
Veterans Can Now Get VA Auto Grants Every 10 Years. Here's What Changed A disabled veteran who received a Department of Veterans Affairs automobile grant decades ago can now apply for another one.
A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944...
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![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-01/1tim%20audie%20murphy%20movie%201200.jpg?itok=1Dc6BLwj "Audie Murphy recreates his Medal of Honor action for the 1955 film "To Hell and Back," adapted from his autobiography. (Universal Pictures)")
