After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up.
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President Donald Trump bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams on Wednesday. “Matt’s incredible heroism helped ensure that not a single American soldier died in the Battle of Shok Valley,” Trump said during a White House East Room ceremony. Williams is the second Medal of Honor recipient to […]
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A battle that began 22 years ago ended at the White House on Tuesday when President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to a deceased Army intelligence officer from Kentucky for gallantry exhibited on the battlefield during World War II. Trump bestowed the nation’s highest military honor upon 1st Lt. Garlin M. Conner, who the […]
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President Donald Trump has awarded the Medal of Honor to a Navy SEAL who oversaw a daring assault and rescue mission on a snowy Afghanistan mountaintop in 2002. Trump presented the nation’s most prestigious honor for battlefield bravery to retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski at the White House Thursday. Trump says Slabinski is […]
