Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Robert J. Graham assumed he might die in Vietnam in the spring 1966. Then he was sure he would. Then he didn’t when it seemed inevitable. Graham, 91, is credited with ...
RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - Congress has recommended Col. John Ripley, a Radford native who destroyed the Dong Ha bridge during the Vietnam War, for the Medal of Honor. Ripley died in 2008 and would receive ...
Washington ― President Donald Trump on Monday awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House to Michigan native Terry P. Richardson, a Vietnam veteran credited with saving the lives of 85 soldiers ...
The Senate this week cleared the way for a legendary Force Reconnaissance Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for his lifesaving actions in April 1967 that spared the lives of his nine-man team ...
The Piqua community will pause in coming days to remember an honored son, Medal of Honor recipient William Pitsenbarger, who was killed while fighting to defend and aid American soldiers in Vietnam 60 ...
Is Marine Corps pilot Francis Cuddy deserving of the nation's highest military honor? Fellow Vietnam veteran David Zartarian believes so and is fighting to get the late Cuddy honored. David Zartarian ...
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas - The halls of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College are full of not only historic examples of military operations, but those of valor and leadership. In a ...
SAN DIEGO — Master Sgt. John "Chappy" Chapman, the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, was honored Wednesday at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial with the ...
F. Whitten Peters (left) Secretary of the Air Force, presents the Medal of Honor to William and Irene Petsenbarger during ceremonies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Friday, Dec. 8, 2000. The award ...