Dwight Hal Johnson received the nation's highest military honor in 1968. Three years later, he was killed during an attempted ...

On Dec. 6, 1941, Young commanded the repair ship Vestal, which he fatefully brought alongside the battleship Arizona. The ...

Wounded several times, Harold Fritz bravely led his platoon through a dire ambush in Vietnam, leading to the most prestigious ...

Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients traced the route of the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase. The Great Locomotive Chase led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863. The group ...

At eleven, Willie Johnston carried his drum through the Seven Days retreat when others tossed their gear to survive.

Many of the most successful fighter pilots gained fame not only for their aerial tactics, but for their ability to pass their knowledge on to others. Ironically, some of those who handed down their ...

The effort to build a Medal of Honor monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is in limbo right now, after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., objected to the motion for unanimous consent in ...

USA TODAY ranked the 10 best new museums in America and No. 1 is right here in North Texas.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...