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Pentagon Recommends Medal of Honor for Living Soldier

By Michelle RuizJul 1st 2010 – 2:06PM
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U.S. Navy/Getty Images

(July 1) -- The White House hasn't awarded a Medal of Honor to a living soldier since the Vietnam War, but that could soon change. U.S. military officials have recommended a veteran of the war in Afghanistan for the nation's highest honor for valor, according to media reports. The Army soldier saved the lives of about...

Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Howard Dies

By Steve PendleburyDec 23rd 2009 – 10:33PM
SEVANS / AP

SEVANS / AP

(Dec. 23) -- Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard, one of America's most decorated soldiers, died in Waco, Texas, Wednesday. The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, who was 70, had pancreatic cancer, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The Opelika, Ala., native enlisted in the Army in 1956, when he was 17. He served...

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