The first Americans awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U.S. valor award for combat, were two nurses in World War I.

The Medals will be upgrades of Distinguished Service Crosses both previously received. In the spring of 1970, David was sent to South Vietnam’s A Shau Valley along with 17 other soldiers from ...

Bronze Star, and Purple Heart for his service. He was also awarded a National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam National Order Medal ...

a Bronze Star and the Air Medal with a Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster. Some 260 Medals of Honor have been awarded tied to service in Vietnam. Nelson's case was especially burdensome to document given that ...

Eighty years after his service, Cpl. Frank Blish was presented Wednesday with a Bronze Star Medal from the United States Army ...

the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Marksman Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge and a Bronze Star. Tyler McAlpine, veteran constituent advocate for ...

In the midst of war, courage often emerges from unexpected places. For Bluffton resident Patrick Hellandbrand, it was not only his bravery in Vietnam that earned him a Bronze Star, but also his ...

On Friday, a Grand Rapids veteran was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his heroic service during World War II. U.S. Army PFC Robert H. Shields was a member of the US Army’s 106th Infantry ...

He forged a path through service in Korea and Vietnam to become the first Hispanic four-star general ... the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Cavazos, who died in 2017 ...

He forged a path through service in Korea and Vietnam to become the first Hispanic four-star general ... the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Cavazos, who died in 2017 ...