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RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - President Joe Biden has posthumously honored an Eastern Carolina Army captain who was killed in combat during the Vietnam War. Almost sixty years after his death, Captain Hugh ...

The U.S. military has doled out exactly 3,535 Medals of Honor since the award's introduction during the U.S. Civil War, and as of August 2023, only 65 recipients were still alive. Retired Air Force ...

The Medal of Honor is the highest tribute the American military can give to armed forces personnel and national guardsmen who distinguish themselves “conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the ...

Using Military-Ranks.org’s database of Military Medals, 24/7 Wall St. listed the 29 types of medals and awards that members of the United States armed forces are eligible for. Some of these medals, ...