In this heroic feat the machine gun nest was taken, together with four officers and 128 men and several guns." Valor is found across the times as well as across the ranks, as World War II 2nd Lt.

WASHINGTON — Retiring President Biden will present the Medal of Valor Friday to two FDNY heroes who saved New Yorkers from raging fires. Biden, 82, will present the nation’s highest award for ...

Biden bestowed the medal posthumously to six men and one living recipient at a White House ceremony. In a separate Oval Office ceremony closed to the news media, he awarded the Medal of Valor to ...