One recipient, Kenneth W. David, attended the White House ceremony, while the others honored posthumously with the award were ...

Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a ...

The award is given to those who "distinguish themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their own ...

Seven soldiers who served in the wars in Vietnam and Korea received the Medal of Honor -- the nation’s highest military award ...

The family of Rocky Mounty native Cpt. Hugh Nelson Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House on his ...

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to shield a soldier.

Charleston army helicopter pilot Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., a Citadel graduate, joins more than 3,520 recipients of nation ...

A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the ...

President Joe Biden presented the highest military award for valor to seven U.S. Army soldiers at a ceremony at the White ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat ...

An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam ...

Awesome. Outstanding. Very solemn.” That is how Girard Army veteran Ken David described receiving the Medal of Honor — the ...