Approved
This endorsement from the commander of the 77th Infantry Division, Brigadier General Edwin H. Randle, approved awarding the Medal of Honor to Private First Class...
Beginning lifelong friendships
Some friendships formed at West Point were sorely tested during the Civil War. Many of the cadets on this 1838 roster of the United States Military Academy served...
Brigadier General Colin Luther Powell
Born to Jamaican immigrant parents in Harlem, New York, in 1937, Colin Powell earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for action in Vietnam. Seen in this 1976...
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur in 1918
Douglas MacArthur, one of America’s great warriors, had a military career that spanned half a century and ranged around much of the world. This photograph was taken...
Captain Vargas, United States Marine
This is a draft of the citation that would accompany the award of the Medal of Honor to Marine Captain Manuel S. Vargas. Vargas saved the lives of many of his men...
Colonel Roosevelt
This 1917 War Department photograph shows former President Theodore Roosevelt at City Hall in New York City. President Roosevelt was sometimes referred to as Colonel...
"Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity"
This official citation accompanied the award of the Medal of Honor to Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson. It details his heroic actions in the Republic of...