Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...

Biden also upgraded the awards of the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest award for valor, to the Medal of Honor for two other soldiers who served in Vietnam -- Pvt. 1st Class Kenneth ...

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

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

By the time he graduated in 1968, the United States ... Medal of Honor for actions he took in 1969 during the Vietnam War. (Nixon Presidential Library) Kerrey returned to Nebraska after leaving ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired ...

From the Vietnam ... finest military in the history of the world," he said. "Today we award these individuals a Medal of Honor. We can't stop here. Together as a nation, it's up to us to give ...

David was one of seven soldiers on Friday who served in the wars in Vietnam and Korea to receive the nation’s highest military award ... He told us, and our mother, that the one thing that ...

Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday recognized seven veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars with the Medal of Honor and ... 2 Trump order would halt US school funding over ...

Kenneth David, shown here during an MOH ceremony Jan. 3, and Kenneth Kays were awarded Medals of Honor for their actions at the battle of Firebase Maureen during the Vietnam War. (Henry Villarama ...