Effort to get posthumous pardon for Petaluma war hero moves forward
John Ramos reports on the effort to get a posthumous pardon for Sergeant Richard Allen Penry and address the ravages of PTSD on veterans.
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John Ramos reports on the effort to get a posthumous pardon for Sergeant Richard Allen Penry and address the ravages of PTSD on veterans.
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery in combat, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor.
At a ceremony on Tuesday, President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of honor to four Vietnam-era soldiers for their acts of heroism. Among the recipients, Major John Duffy of Santa Cruz. Ryan Yamamoto reports. (7/5/22)
An informal coalition of Asian Americans, veterans and civilians across the U.S. and the Philippines recently began a campaign to name a Navy warship after a Medal of Honor-winning Filipino sailor.
Charlie Liteky, an Army chaplain in Vietnam who won the Medal of Honor for rescuing more than 20 wounded men but later gave it back in protest and became a peace activist, has died.
An Antioch soldier received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama at the White House Monday for his bravery in a deadly 2009 battle in Afghanistan that killed several of his fellow servicemen.
The White House has announced that Army Staff Sergeant Ty Carter of Antioch will receive the Medal of Honor for his bravery in the face of overwhelming odds on the battlefield in Afghanistan.
A veteran who helped "defend the indefensible" at a vulnerable Army outpost in Afghanistan received the nation's highest award for military valor Monday at a tearful White House ceremony that also honored the eight men who did not survive a Taliban attack.
The punishment of Navy SEALs who worked on "Medal of Honor: Warfighter" is the latest in a series of misfires for the military shooter genre, which continues to face scrutiny...
The U.S. Navy SEALs are part of an elite force that operates in the shadows, best known for killing Osama bin Laden. However, CBS News has learned a group of SEALs has been disciplined for revealing secrets.
The makers of a new video game based in Afghanistan said Friday they have removed the option for players to call themselves members of the Taliban when pretending to shoot at U.S. troops.
