Former President Donald Trump rankled many U.S. service members and veterans at a recent campaign event where he compared the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Medal of Honor.

Medal of Honor recipients are given special ... each features a different ... More than 3,500 service members have been awarded the Medal of Honor, including nine medals awarded to ...

There are three different versions of the Medal of Honor: Army, Navy, and Air Force. We go over how many Medal of Honor recipients there are, how much each branch has, and much more.

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times.

Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Ramos echoed Groberg's assessment and drew a contrast between the Presidential Medals of Freedom Trump gave to Adelson and others and the Medal of Honor the former ...

President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to former U.S. Army Specialist Fourth Class Kenneth J. David during a ceremony at the White House, Jan. 3, 2025.

By 1916, Congress intervened to establish standards for the Medal of Honor and authorized a board to consider revoking medals from recipients who didn’t measure up. That review resulted in more ...

By 1916, Congress intervened to establish standards for the Medal of Honor and authorized a board to consider revoking medals from recipients who didn’t measure up. That review resulted in more ...

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington will open to the public on Tuesday. The museum is filled with thousands of artifacts, including some actual medals, a Huey helicopter, and special ...

The medal itself has meant different things in different eras. In the 1800s, Mears said, there was no other kind of medal so the Medal of Honor, while prestigious, was a catch-all of sorts. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Of the 3,536 Medals of Honor presented since its establishment in 1861, only 61 recipients are alive today, and only a handful of them come from the U.S. special operations forces ...

Of course, Team USA might come out on top by both metrics. In the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, for example, Team USA won the most gold medals (39) and the most medals overall (113), according ...