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Belgian nurse awarded medal for WWII valor

Belgian Nurse who Saved American GIs in WWII Honored

It's never too late to be recognized for bravery. 67 years after the US Army assumed she was killed when a bomb destroyed the hospital...
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13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals

Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
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Obama Honors 13 Citizens for Their Good Deeds

This week, President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 Citizens Medal to 13 outstanding Americans  who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country...
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Winning a Battle to Honor a Civil War Hero

Margaret Zerwekh, 90, of Delafield, Wis., has won her fight to have a Medal of Honor awarded to Lt. Alonzo Cushing, a hero of...
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Carnegie Medals Awarded to 22 for Extraordinary Acts of Heroism

The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission this week named 22 individuals as recipients of the Carnegie Medal, awarded throughout the U.S. and Canada to those...
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U.S. Finally Salutes World War II Fly Girls With Congressional Medals

On Wednesday, more than six decades after their service, the nation's first "fly girls" were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony in...
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Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others

President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
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President Bush Honored on 20th World AIDS Day

President George W. Bush was honored today with a medal by pastor Rick Warren in recognition of his unprecedented efforts and contribution to the...
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Heroes in School Shooting and Bridge Collapse Receive Prestigious Medals

Two years ago, a Nevada Middle School gym teacher confronted a student gunman who had already wounded others. With compassion and persuasion she convinced...
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First Sioux Soldier Given Nation’s Highest Honor

It's taken nearly 60 years for Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble to become the first Sioux-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the...

Good News in History, February 7

40 years ago today, astronaut Bruce McCandless II drifted away from the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay as part of the first untethered space...

Good News in History, October 25

22 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical...

Good News in History, October 12

On this day in 1945, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estimated 75 men...

Good News in History, July 18

102 years ago today, John Glenn, the American aviator, politician, and astronaut who became the third American in space, was born. The Ohio-born pilot...

Astronaut Brings Ashes and Photos of 9/11 Victim to Space to Fulfill His Lifelong Dream of Orbiting For NASA

At age 6, Chad Keller already knew he wanted to be an astronaut, but his vision wasn’t sharp enough to pass the military requirements...

Lone Capitol Police Officer Lured Rioters Away From Senate Chambers: The Hero ‘Likely Saved Lives”

A U.S. Capitol Police officer is being hailed as a hero for cleverly steering a mob away from the Senate chambers during last week's...

Girl Scout Takes A Stand Against Stress

Even before the pandemic, Girl Scout Lucy Stimson knew there was a growing problem in her community. Stress was a huge part of her...

Uncommon Valor: The Kyle Carpenter Story Continues to Inspire

25 year-old Kyle Carpenter should not be alive today after jumping toward a grenade to save another soldier on a rooftop in Afghanistan. But...

Veterans Replace Stolen Coins at War Hero’s Grave (w/ Video)

60 veterans stood as honor guard at a cemetery in the town of Gardiner, Washington during a ceremony to replace three special military coins...
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True Hero of the Senate: A Tribute to Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)

Every now and then, during this era of heated partisanship, an event emerges that brings both sides together in the U.S. Congress. When news...