Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced that six state residents will receive the Order of Lincoln for professional achievement and public service.

The University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law presented the Brandeis Medal to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Feb. 5, during a reception at Louisville’s Marriott Hotel ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

The Virginia National Guard post formerly known as Fort Pickett was renamed Fort Barfoot after Tech. Sgt. Van T. Barfoot on March 24, making the Home of Army Aviation’s name change the first at an ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said presidents have historically obeyed judicial rulings with a few exceptions ...

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. -- When Debra Sokoll first heard Fort Liberty would be renamed after her father, Pfc. Roland Bragg, she ...

Under heavy fire and gravely wounded, Eli Whiteley refused to back down. In the brutal Battle of Sigolsheim, he led his men through fierce urban combat, taking out enemy strongholds one by one. His ...

More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...

On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...

Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.

In September 2023 when Captain Larry Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor, it was the first time since World War II someone ...