Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...
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Military Times on MSNMedal of Honor recipient faced down 100 enemy troops to cover his menCraig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...
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Air Force Times on MSNAfter 50 years, this WWII soldier finally received his Medal of HonorAfter decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...
When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...
The Arlington museum’s exhibits restarted a dispute over two Medal of Honor stories. Here’s how officials picked which heroes to spotlight.
The museum’s theater will be named after Colonel Kearby. Kearby earned the Medal of Honor for his actions as an Army Air Force fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point ... Nhut Air Base when a call came in that the U.S. Army post at Long Binh was under attack.
Vernon Baker is among the seven Black American troops to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during ... Baker tried enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1941, but the recruiter turned him ...
As the Germans launched their last, desperate offensive on the Western Front in mid-1918, a relatively new United States Army ... force.” On May 26, 1944, Craig posthumously received the Medal ...
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