'Military Child of the Year' Awards Honor Seven Teens from Seven Services
Lila Morgan has already accomplished her fair share, starting nonprofits, writing a book, and soon graduating college. She’s also only 18 years old. Morgan, the daughter of an Army National Guard soldier, is one of seven teenagers being honored Thursday in the nation’s capital for not shying away from being military children but instead using […]
Fight for Valor: Vietnam Veteran Battles to Get War Hero Medal of Honor
David Zartarian didn’t know Col. Francis “Frank” Cuddy well, but for the past five years, he’s been fighting to give the Vietnam War hero the highest military accolade – the Medal of Honor. Despite the unfamiliarity, both veterans have a lot in common. Both Cuddy and Zartarian attended the University of Rhode Island (URI), with […]
Endowed Scholarship Established to Honor Florida Army Major Killed in Iran War
More than a dozen Americans have died in the war with Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks on February 28, 2026, with a surprise, coordinated air campaign against multiple military and infrastructure sites. Among those killed was Army Reserve Captain Cody Khork, of Winter Haven, Florida, promoted posthumously to the rank of […]
Honor Under Fire: ODU Cadets Receive Army Recognition for Bravery and Sacrifice
On March 12, 2026, a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Old Dominion University, killing Lt. Col. Brandon A. Shah and injuring two students. The attack occurred in Constant Hall, where ROTC cadets in the room physically intervened and subdued the shooter, stopping the attack before additional casualties could occur. The university described the shooting […]
Arrested and Unarmed, He Led a Cavalry Charge and Became the First Italian-American Medal of Honor Recipient
On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for protesting the promotion of a less experienced officer. His saber and sidearm had been stripped away. But the 30-year-old Italian […]
Hellacious Firefight in Vietnam Changes Life for Medal of Honor Recipient
Army Lt. Col. Harold Fritz was mere weeks away from leaving the Vietnam War unscathed and heading home to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, until he found himself amid a bloody firefight that would change his life and earn him the prestigious Medal of Honor. Fritz, 81, was born in Chicago but in 1949, his family moved […]
'Cautiously Optimistic': War Hero’s Medal of Honor Awaits Trump Decision
The paperwork is finished. The decision is not. A Staten Island soldier’s Medal of Honor case has reached the president’s desk more than a decade after his death in Afghanistan, placing the final call in the hands of President Donald Trump. Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, a Staten Island native assigned to the 10th Mountain […]
Strangers Come Together to Honor Fallen Veteran with No Known Family
A community in Arizona came together earlier this week to honor a veteran most did not know. Hundreds came to the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Marana, Arizona, on Tuesday to pay their respects to Darrell Lee Arelt, a Vietnam veteran who had no known family to contact after he died from a short illness […]
Remains of WWII Medal of Honor Recipient, Killed as a POW, Finally Comes Home
Capt. Willibald C. Bianchi, an Army Medal of Honor recipient who survived many obstacles in World War II, only to be killed in a terrible mistake, will finally return home to receive proper burial 80 years after he was declared missing in action. Bianchi, whose remains were properly identified on Aug. 11 by the Defense […]
U.S. World War II Veteran, 103, Receives French Legion of Honor
Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s military career started off as a precocious teenager, lying about his age to enter the Army. Almost 90 years later, he received France’s most prestigious service award. Sassi, 103, was given the French Legion of Honor – similar to the U.S. Medal of Honor – during a special event last week in […]