Medal of Honor Moments
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By Richard Mason
Several Medal of Honor recipients took part in a panel discussion with young veterans and students at UT.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:02 PM EDT
|By Richard Mason
Two Medal of Honor recipients, Gary Rose and Leroy Petry, spoke to Knoxville Catholic High School students on Wednesday morning about their commitment to helping others.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Two Medal of Honor recipients spoke to students at Sweetwater High School on Wednesday morning about character development.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 7:39 PM EDT
|By John Pirsos
Knoxville is the host of this year’s Medal of Honor ceremony- the highest award given out to military personnel.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 8:19 AM EDT
|By Casey Wheeless
It was 1918 in Chatel-Chenery France when Sgt. York guided seven men against more than 100 German soldiers against machine guns blasting in their direction.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By William Puckett
Paul Huff went above and beyond the call of duty in February of 1944, locating 125 enemy soldiers while on a beach head in Italy.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:18 AM EDT
|By Casey Wheeless
Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. died in the Battle of Tawara in WWII, his grandson helped bring his remains home.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 8:12 AM EDT
|By Whitney Turner
Sgt. Mitchell Stout sacrificed himself to protect his men while stationed in Vietnam.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 2:14 PM EDT
|By Harry Sullivan
Marcos Garza, a veteran himself, found a unique way to help other veterans at his law firm, The Garza Law Firm, and beyond.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 9:02 PM EDT
|By Harry Sullivan
“They could go anywhere in the country but they wanted to come here.”
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Erica Lunsford
Leroy Petry was on his seventh deployment when he was forced to make a split-second decision that saved the lives of his brothers-in-arms.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 8:36 AM EDT
|By Casey Wheeless
First presented in 1863, it’s been awarded 3,512 times to 3,493 recipients.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 10:22 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award.