Museum, Historical Group Launch Search for Wreckage of Ace Pilot Richard Bong's Crashed Plane Gen. Douglas MacArthur awarded him the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, in 1944.
How the 3 Living Black Medal of Honor Recipients Embody the Military’s Top Award On Jan. 10, 1968, Private 1st Class Clarence Sasser was part of a reconnaissance mission in southern Vietnam when his...
Almost 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 First Medal of Honor Recipient of the Vietnam War Dies at Age 89 Roger H.C. Donlon was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson in a White House ceremony on Dec. 5...
The Five Deadliest Fighter Pilots in US Military History Military.com has teamed up with PeopleMaven to answer the question: Who are the deadliest fighter pilots in U.S. military...
Why This Navy Destroyer Flies This World War II-Era Battle Flag In honor of its namesake, the USS O'Kane doesn't just fly any old battle flag, but a replica of the "Battle Cat" flag that...
Medic in Black D-Day Unit, Long Denied the Medal of Honor, Gets Wide Backing for Nation's Highest Military Honor A growing chorus of historians, members of Congress and the U.S. First Army are pressing the case for Waverly B. Woodson Jr...
That Time a Navy Sub Took Out a Locomotive During WWII On the USS Barb's penultimate patrol during World War II, the Navy submarine executed a daring nighttime surface attack...
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Named for the Marine Corps' Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient The newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas is named after the Marine Corps' youngest Medal of...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...