Harold Gonsalves, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) Gonsalves was born into a Portuguese-American family in ...

A Marine truck mechanic received a medal typically awarded to more senior service members for saving the Defense Department more than $140 million through work he began as a teenage lance corporal.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua C. Watson was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal last week for saving lives of service members during a MV-22B Osprey crash on Melville Island, Australia ...