Trump presents Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL
President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to Britt Slabinski for heroism during a firefight in Afghanistan 16 years ago
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President Trump presented the Medal of Honor to Britt Slabinski for heroism during a firefight in Afghanistan 16 years ago
For Veterans Day, the "Takeout" talks with CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin, who has interviewed over 20 recipients of the nation's highest military award
"I have waited along with my Filipino and American soldiers for this moment to come," said 100-year-old WWII veteran Celestino Almeda
"It wasn't what we were doing," Rose said. "It was where we were doing it is really why it was classified."
Capt. Rose received the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during his time in the Vietnam War
"You can see headstones are ... completely broken into pieces," Matt Saintsing said of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, Calif.
"It's going to feel good that the 89 men that were sent into that slaughter are finally going to be recognized," James McCloughan says
"We honor you, we salute you, and with God as your witness, we thank you for what you did for all of us," Trump said to James McCloughan
Army awarded Liteky highest military decoration for carrying more than 20 men to landing zone to be evacuated at Bien Hoa province
Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei held an event at his Reno office to present a new Medal of Honor to Jerry Reynolds, the 82-year-old grandson of the late Private Robert Smith
Kettles helped save 40 soldiers and four members of his unit in the Vietnam War
The awards were presented at the White House Monday to officers who risked their lives to save other people
In his new memoir Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha recounts the October 2009 Taliban attack on a remote U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan
In his book, "Red Platoon," Sgt. Clinton Romesha writes of how "exceptionally ordinary men" were put to an extraordinary test when their outpost in Afghanistan came under fire from the Taliban
Lucca served on 400 separate missions to clear explosives in war zones, protecting thousands of troops before a bomb ended her service
Medal of Honor recipients give their Citizen Honor award to a child who performed random act of kindness and then raised nearly $2 million
Navy SEAL Edward Byers received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 2012 mission to rescue an American captive from the Taliban
Edward Byers was part of a rescue mission in Afghanistan in 2012
Folk singer James Taylor was one of 17 distinguished Americans honored with the Medal of Freedom by President Obama
The medal placed around retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg's neck on Veterans Day had quite a journey over thousands of miles
Florent Groberg was awarded the Medal of Honor for what he says is the worst day of his life
Florent Groberg tackled a suicide bomber while leading a security detail in Afghanistan
Four men who did not survive haunt the 10th living recipient of the Medal of Honor, whose own wounds required more than 30 surgeries over three years
The legacy of black soldier Henry Johnson had inspired a family for generations, including a Tuskeegee airman, but it was recently upended
President Obama posthumously awarded two World War I veterans the Medal of Honor on Tuesday.