Wounded several times, Harold Fritz bravely led his platoon through a dire ambush in Vietnam, leading to the most prestigious ...

No one could blame Jim Oien for tearing up Tuesday as U.S. Rep. Steve King awarded to him the four medals he earned during his 1967-68 tour in Vietnam. Oien said his emotions -- likely heightened by ...

A Vietnam War veteran of the U.S. Navy from Sturgeon Bay might be awarded the medal denied him and other veterans on a technicality if a bipartisan bill introduced by Wisconsin legislators is passed ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Medal of Honor is our nation’s ...

CHICAGO -- For more than a decade, Harold Walker's Purple Heart Medal was lost. The Vietnam War veteran kept the medal in a safe deposit box - but then his bank closed. And when the new bank couldn't ...

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. — In observance of Purple Heart Day, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity returned a Purple Heart Medal to the son of a late Vietnam War Veteran. Joined by Senator Chris Gebhard (R ...

OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) — In a small room inside the federal building in Ogden, a small group of family and friends gathered for a moment 55 years in the making. Staffers from Senator Mike Lee’s office ...

The Medal of Honor is our nation’s most prestigious military decoration. It is awarded by the President of the United States on behalf of Congress to members of the armed services who distinguish ...