At the White House this afternoon, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter, a retired United States Marine. Corporal Carpenter received the medal for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. By all accounts, Kyle shouldn't be alive today.
The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, honoring all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse, the Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day
The remains of a U.S. Army corporal killed during the Korean War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor have been identified, 73 years after he went missing. President Joe Biden, first lady
The retired Navy officer was the only one still alive among those who were awarded the medal for actions during the Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941. John Finn dies at 100; oldest surviving Medal
Born: November 12, 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States. Died: September 26, 1950, Seoul, Korea. Buried: Calvary Cemetery (MH) (R-1046-7), East Los Angeles, CA, United States. U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Eugene Arnold Obregon was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Korean War.
Francis Currey, one of the three living World War II Medal of Honor recipients and whose likeness was used to create Medal of Honor G.I. Joe in 1998, died on Tuesday. He was 94. He was 94.
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