Award recognizes individuals who have made lasting contributions to the U.S. while embodying the values of the American ...

The only thing on U.S. Army Cpl. Hiroshi Miyamura's mind when he was facing certain death in Korea was his troops. Miyamura was a machine-gun squad leader with the U.S. Army's Company H, 2nd Battalion ...

Franklin High School girls tennis player Kendall Olivas earns Greater Texas Ford Female Athlete of the Month in part due to her postseason success.

As the nation honors the men and women who died while in service defending the United States this Memorial Day, The Daily Item is highlighting the six Valley veterans who received the Medal of Honor.

Medal of Honor convention to bring about 40 of the 61 living recipients of the nation's highest award for military valor for a week-long event in Birmingham.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to move control of the Marshals Service from the executive branch to the judicial branch amid President Trump's criticism of federal judges. Former U.S.

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of people lined Constitution Avenue, Northwest, on Monday for the 20th National Memorial ...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is a nonprofit organization ... Birmingham’s reputation as a top destination for national conventions.” Lashunda Scales enters Birmingham mayor ...

Volunteers from Heroes Vodka are gathering at Nashville National Cemetery for Project Valor, cleaning gravesites and placing special floral tributes for Medal of Honor recipients and Purple Heart ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer More than $700,000 in awards and scholarships were presented to members of the Pocahontas County ...

Fourth-year student Sophie Tedesco has been awarded the University of Chicago’s highest undergraduate honor, the Hugo F.

DuVernay is the first director, writer and producer to earn the honor, which recognizes "lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals" ...