What is the Medal of Honor? Also referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Medal of Honor is the highest individual award available in the United States Military.

Edmonds was captured by Nazi forces and refused an order to separate out Jewish American soldiers from other POWs.

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

Veteran Army Pvt. William H. Harris, who voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire during the American Indian Wars, ...

The honor would go to Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, an Army officer who helped save the lives of Jewish-American ...

Rep. Celeste Maloy and three other lawmakers have introduced a bill to honor civil rights activist Fred Korematsu, held in a ...

The U.S. Congress is once again moving to bestow a golden medal on the late Colonel Kim Young-ok, a Korean American. According to foreign media including Voice of America (VOA) on the 1st, a bill to ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

Johnson’s family, former classmates, school administrators and politicians began lobbying Congress for the Medal of Honor award in 2004. Edward Johnson Jr. said his aunt, Juanita, played a big ...

While it is rare, there have been instances where a president has revoked this honor ... Medal of Freedom. His name is not on a list of recipients compiled by the Congressional Research ...