Congressional Medal of Honor Society

It was very good to read that the Congressional Medal of Honor Society was paying such a great honor to the six women who died in the shooting in Newtown [May 7, Page 1, "School Heroes"]. They gave their lives with great honor and, most notably, surely...

They are decorated veterans who flew helicopters behind enemy lines to rescue wounded soldiers, led air strikes over fire-swept rice paddies and single-handedly destroyed an enemy bunker with a grenade. But on Monday, those recipients of the Medal of...

Six teachers and staff from Sandy Hook Elementary school who died trying to protect their students in the Dec. 14 massacre will posthumously receive a Congressional medal Monday, in a special ceremony at Newtown High School next week. Family members of...

Retired Army Col. James L. Stone Sr., who received the Medal of Honor for bravery under fire in Korea, died Friday at his home in Arlington, Texas. He was 89. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced his death but did not reveal the cause....

Marine Dakota Meyer gets the Medal of Honor -- and a beer with the president....

Thirty-five men who have served in the four branches of the U.S. military and have been awarded the highest military award for valor in combat …...

First Sgt. Leroy Petry receives the Medal of Honor: His story and the White House ceremony's full transcript....

Next time you think you had a tough day at work, remember this guy and his buddies....

Robert Miller joins only some 3,400 recipients of the country's highest military honor in its history....

In his campaign literature, Calumet Park Mayor Joseph DuPar touted his decorated service in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. "As a Sergeant in the military, I received the Medal of Honor with (4) Bronze Stars for my Leadership," his campaign flier...