Lt. j.g. John Koelsch's most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...

The Army general after which Fort Cavazos, Texas is named will be one of five Korean War veterans to posthumously receive the Medal of Honor on Jan. 3. All five medals will be awarded today by ...

WASHINGTON — Five Korean War soldiers whose extraordinary heroism was not fully recognized at the time will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on ...

Biden didn’t seem to mind the moment but moved forward with presenting the Medal of Honor to five Korean War soldiers. “These are genuine to their core heroes. Heroes of different ranks ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s ...

Richard E. Cavazos, a Korean War hero, native South Texan and Texas Tech alumnus known for becoming the first Hispanic U.S. Army general, posthumously received a Congressional Medal of Honor from ...

Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Private Bruno R. Orig Private 1 st Class Kenneth David was serving as a radio telephone operator in central Vietnam enemy troops launched an intense surprise ...

But on Friday, he finally received the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Cavazos, who died in 2017, earned the award for actions during the Korean War in 1953, when the young ...