Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly You can’t blame children in the 21st century for being puzzled when the bronze medals pop up unexpectedly—maybe in a box in a family attic ...

By Andrew Das, Joe Ward and Matthew Cullen Whenever a suspicion of doping arises in an Olympics, attention can shift quickly from the athletes who won gold, silver and bronze medals to the ones ...

If that sounds like a trick question, it is. Olympic gold medals are not made out of solid gold - with hundreds of gold medals awarded at each Summer Olympic Games, and just shy of 100 at each ...

But, there are great acts of military valor that do not go unnoticed. These are recognized through the Medal of Honor— presented by the president in the name of Congress— the highest military ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that Operation Freedom's Sentinel is now a qualifying operation for award of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Global War on ...

The current Helldivers 2 Medal cap will stop you from earning more Medals once you reach it. This can be frustrating, especially if you don't know what the cap is, and sign in to find you've ...

A new medal for troops will consider a broader range of “unsung” achievements rather than marking only “risk and rigour”. The Wider Service Medal will recognise personnel across all three ...

Otto Skorzeny (Self - German Officer, Waffen-SS during World War II)Luis María Pardo (Self - Executor, Ilse and Otto Skorzeny Archive)José María Blanco Corredoira (Self - Author, Objective ...

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. The medal was first authorized in 1861 for Sailors and Marines, and the ...

This soldier gave his life in the Korean War. Decades later, he’s finally being laid to rest An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War ...