Stansbury Johnson, a Montford Point Marine veteran, said he didn’t think “just being somewhere and doing his job” warranted a gold medal ... such as the Buffalo Soldiers or the Tuskegee ...

The Buffalo Soldiers also fought overseas. In the Spanish-American War, they stood next to Theodore Roosevelt and his volunteer “Rough Riders” in the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba in 1898. Some of ...

Congress bestowed its highest honor Tuesday on the 13 service members killed in the suicide bombing during the U.S.

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10 by presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to their families. Soviak, 22, joined the Navy after graduating from Edison High School. He was among 13 U.S. soldiers and dozens of Afghans who were ...

The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters ... signing legislation to award the units with the Congressional Gold Medal - Congress' highest award - in 2022.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will present them with the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously on Sept ... a sailor and a soldier, who were screening Afghans trying to get onto one of the flights ...

Moments earlier, Trump laid wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery Monday to honor the fallen soldiers killed ... that he will present the Congressional Gold Medal to the families who lost loved ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Four pioneering Black women received Congressional Gold Medals for their contributions to early efforts at space exploration during a formal ceremony at Emancipation Hall in the ...