The first Americans awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U.S. valor award for combat, were two nurses in World War I.
Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to a news article.
SEAL Team Six rose into public consciousness after it conducted Operation Neptune Spear, killing Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to shield a soldier.
Two leaders of We the Veterans and Military Families announce the launch of Military250, a national campaign to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Harry Chandler, a Navy corpsman who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 from a hillside hospital before rushing down to a watery rescue mission, died Monday in Palm Beach County, Fla. He was 103.