Seven decades ago, Army 1st Lt. Ralph Puckett knew his outnumbered Ranger Company had to defend a hill in northern Korea against hundreds of determined Chinese infantry. In below-freezing ...

Puckett was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while serving then as commander of the Eighth Army Ranger Company when his company of 57 Rangers was attacked by Chinese forces at ...

In an interview last week, Raaen, 81 years later, remembers in vivid detail the horror of the pivotal World War II battle on ...

Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.

In brief remarks at a White House ceremony last week before he signed the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act, Biden said that the Rangers played "a ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Valor and sacrifice were recognized during a combat awards ceremony for members of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment June 10.

Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett waited more than 70 years to receive the nation's highest award for combat valor. And when he got word that he'd be presented with the Medal of Honor, he questioned ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- An American soldier who helped rescue about 70 hostages set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq has been approved to receive the Medal of Honor for actions ...

Biden awards first Medal of Honor as president to Korean War hero who led Army Rangers in brutal battle against hundreds of enemy troops ...

An American soldier who helped rescue about 70 hostages set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq has been approved to receive the Medal of Honor for actions during a daring 2015 raid ...

Bottom row, from left: South Korean President Moon Jae-in, retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett and President Joe Biden pose for a photo after Puckett was presented the Medal of Honor in the East ...

President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday afternoon to Army Ranger Sergeant 1st Class Leroy Petry, the second living soldier to receive the military's highest decoration for ...