Korean War Navy veteran finally receiving the Medal of Honor after keeping a daring mission secret for more than 60 years.

Royce Williams, 101 years old, a U.S. Navy Reserve colonel and a veteran who, despite establishing a legendary military feat ...

Retired Navy Captain Royce Williams, a decorated fighter pilot from Escondido, will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor ...

Williams will receive the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 1952 dogfight that lasted more than a half-hour. He’s credited with shooting down four of the seven Soviet MiG-15s his F9F-5 Panther ...

Dwight Hal Johnson received the nation’s highest military honor in 1968. Three years later, he was killed during an attempted robbery at age 23 Matthew F. Delmont - Author, Until the Last Gun Is ...

A soldier who graduated from Basic and Ranger School on Fort Benning is receiving the U.S. military’s highest award, for ...

Military leadership is often explained through rank, authority, or long careers. This series looks at something more specific. Documented moments when leaders made decisive choices under pressure, ...

On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams was piloting an F9F-5 Panther when he encountered seven Soviet MiG-15s. He shot down four of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1999 Smith was posted to the 11th Engineer Battalion, with which he was deployed to Kosovo in May 2001, where he was ...

In 1999 Smith was posted to the 11th Engineer Battalion, with which he was deployed to Kosovo in May 2001, where he was responsible for daily presence patrols in the town of Gnjilane. In the spring of ...

Capt. Cassin Young received the Medal of Honor for his heroic action at Pearl Harbor. (Naval History and Heritage Command) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 had drama aplenty to go ...

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