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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor: The highest military decoration the United States can bestow. Read about the recipients and the acts of valor that continually define it.

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How this Medal of Honor recipient finally came home from the Korean War

By Stephen Ruiz

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This Medal of Honor recipient’s healing hands spelled trouble for the Japanese at Okinawa

By Stephen Ruiz

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The ‘Purple Heart Battalion’ fought Nazis abroad and injustice at home

By Stephen Ruiz

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A Medal of Honor recipient explains what being an American means

By Stephen Ruiz

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A former violinist singlehandedly cleared a mountain fortress during World War II

By Blake Stilwell

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This Medal of Honor recipient turned on his helicopter lights during a risky rescue in Vietnam

By Stephen Ruiz

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A Vietnam War pilot who purposely went down with his plane may receive the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

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An Army Infantry Squad Vehicle sells for $1 million to benefit the Medal of Honor Foundation

By Miguel Ortiz

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The biggest challenge Charles Lindbergh faced in flying across the Atlantic

By Stephen Ruiz

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‘The Iron Major’: James Capers Jr.’s long road to the Medal of Honor

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The first Medals of Honor received for a foreign conflict happened in Korea

By Blake Stilwell

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A World War II POW who defied Nazis to protect Jewish soldiers will receive the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

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This Medal of Honor recipient came up with the idea for the Super Bowl

By Stephen Ruiz

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What happened after the TSA confiscated a World War II hero’s Medal of Honor

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Here’s how the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest award, is made

By Tim Kirkpatrick

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The Vietnam tank driver who ran into a burning tank to pull his friends out

By Stephen Ruiz

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The only time a Medal of Honor recipient killed another Medal of Honor recipient

By Blake Stilwell

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The Black Seminole Scouts’ ‘Unconquered Four’ Medal of Honor recipients

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Everything you need to know about the Medals of Honor from Wounded Knee

By Randall Stevens

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Medal of Honor Month: Major William Edward Adams

By Jessica Evans