America's three-time Tour de France winner has received the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor on par with the Presidential ...

Greg LeMond, a three-time Tour de France winner, received the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.In a ceremony at the US ...

It's not unprecedented for a Medal of Honor to be presented so long after the fact. Fifty-eight recipients have waited as long or longer than Kettles — but only 10 of them were alive to receive it.

The bill was inspired by retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams, a legendary aviator who got into the longest dogfight in U.S.

Public Law 438, 80th Congress. AN ACT To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United ...

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) previewed the need to pass his recently introduced Medal of Sacrifice Act in Congress, which he called an “acknowledgement” of the sacrifices police officers and other ...

Three members of Congress, including one of the first Native Americans to serve on Capitol Hill, have introduced legislation that seeks to rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded for the Wounded Knee ...

Some 20 soldiers received the Medal of Honor following the Dec. 29, 1890, massacre near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, where troops from the 7th Cavalry and accompanying artillery units killed ...

Under the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends, or MEDAL, Act, the monthly pension for Medal of Honor recipients would jump from $1,406.73 per month to $8,333.33.

Photo Credit: Carlos Osorio/AP. McCloughan was 23 years-old and assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill, a gruesome two-day battle that left ...

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) previewed the need to pass his recently introduced Medal of Sacrifice Act in Congress, which he called an “acknowledgement” of the sacrifices police officers and other ...