Their service is often silent, but valorous nonetheless, and exactly a century ago Friday, a Navy submariner became the first of his kind to receive the Medal of Honor. President Calvin Coolidge presented Torpedoman’s Mate 2nd Class Henry Breault the military’s highest military decoration on March 8, 1924. Actions in the Panama Canal the year […]
Mar. 7—The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military honor of valor. Created during the Civil War, it is awarded to recipients who have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. After we updated readers this […]
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Maryland Congressman Glen Ivey introduced a bill that would award abolitionist Frederick Douglass a Congressional Gold Medal for his “contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights, and the abolition of slavery in the United States.” “It’s long past time Congress bestows this honor upon an American whose indelible impact is still felt today and […]
SPRING VALLEY — The sight of heavy smoke pouring from a neighboring apartment building spurred Jean Donald Mathieu to action. He climbed a tree, scaled a fence and ran up a fire escape to the third-floor apartment Feb. 3 to help save an 8-month-old girl and two women from a fire. On Sunday, the Spring […]
A young man escaping the poverty of a foreign land, dreaming of a better life, and becoming a hero for his adopted nation may seem too fantastic for a jaded age, but it is the true story of Medal of Honor recipient Macario Garcia, an immigrant and World War II veteran. Like many of his […]
Jan. 27—MONROE — When Monroe police Sgt. Eddie Myers heard the call, he never hesitated. He was working at 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 when he heard a report that a vehicle was traveling south on Interstate 75 and veered off the highway, just north of the Monroe exit. The vehicle traveled off the right […]
Roger Donlon, the first American to receive a Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, died Thursday in Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He was 89. Donlon’s bravery in Vietnam during the summer of 1964 earned him the decoration, which President Lyndon B. Johnson presented him at the […]
Lesley Lokko has become the first African woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, for her work to “democratise” the industry. The honour is given by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) and approved by the monarch each year. Ghanaian-Scottish Lokko was also made an OBE in the recent New Year […]
The first round of voting in the Republican Presidential Primary has come to a close and former President Donald Trump walked away from the Iowa Caucus with a decisive victory, but the night also went well for Governor Ron DeSantis. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
It may have taken a little time, but a World War II U.S. Navy seaman with ties to Gainesville was buried Thursday (Dec. 21, 2023) at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The late James Richard Ward, a U.S. Navy Seaman First Class, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallant bravery during the […]