Oct 23 WATCH: President Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War veteran By Elizabeth Flock and Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump will award the Medal of Honor on Monday to a Vietnam War veteran from Alabama who risked his life on multiple occasions while serving as a medic. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 4:16 News Wrap: U.S slaps Venezuela’s Maduro with financial sanctions By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the election of a new legislative body that would give him sweeping new powers. However, the U.S. slapped Maduro with financial sanctions, with President Trump calling the leader a… Continue watching
Jul 31 WATCH: Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam Army medic By Darlene Superville, Associated Press An Army medic from Michigan who risked his life multiple times to rescue Vietnam War comrades is becoming the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: Top ranking officer in Freddie Gray death acquitted, Nice death truck driver ‘recently radicalized’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 29 Navy SEAL Edward Byers awarded Medal of Honor By News Desk WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor Monday to a Navy SEAL who participated in a daring 2012 raid that rescued an American hostage in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 4:36 How a Medal of Honor recipient confronted a suicide bomber By PBS News Hour Retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg was awarded the Medal of Honor for risking his life to stop a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Thirty-two-year-old Groberg is just the 10th living service member to receive the nation's highest military honor for actions… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 54:22 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 12, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a look at the free speech vs. hate speech debate taking place on college campuses. Also: A culture clash for refugee newcomers in Sweden, empowering students to learn without teachers, honoring a soldier who saved his… Continue watching
Nov 12 Obama awards Medal of Honor to retired Army captain By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday that a young Army captain who is the newest Medal of Honor recipient had the instincts and the courage to tackle a suicide bomber in Afghanistan during a moment of selfless bravery, saving… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 5:17 Righting a wrong nearly 100 years later, two soldiers receive Medal of Honor posthumously By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama posthumously bestowed the Medal of Honor on two World War I veterans whose heroic acts nearly 100 years ago went unrecognized in an age of discrimination. Sgt. William Shemin and Pvt. Henry Johnson were recognized with the… Continue watching
Jun 02 Black and Jewish WWI heroes finally getting Medal of Honor By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday to two World War I Army soldiers who may have been denied the top military honor in the past due to discrimination. "It's never too late to say thank… Continue reading