Medal of Honor
Sergeant First Class Melvin Morris was one of the Army’s first men to wear the famous “Green Beret,” in our
President Donald J. Trump awards the Medal of Honor to retired Army Capt. Gary M. Rose, for conspicuous gallantry during
Retired Capt. Gary M. Rose will be awarded the Medal of Honor on Oct. 23, 2017 for his courageous actions
Capt. Gary M. Rose served as a Special Forces combat medic during the Vietnam War. Rose treated 16 of his
Future service members receive valuable advice from Medal of Honor recipients like James Taylor during the Medal of Honor Convention
"I could literally hear and see the bullets skipping off of the ground that they were firing at me." Medal
Spc. 5 Jim McCloughan served as a combat medic during the Vietnam War. Nearly 50 years later, McCloughan will be
Medal of Honor Recipient James McCloughan also and received a “Veteran of the Year” honor for his contributions to his
President Donald Trump will present the Medal of Honor to Spc. 5 James C. McCloughan, July 31, 2017.
The Vietnam War was one of the 20th Century’s most defining wars for the U.S., both at home and overseas