Since the Congressional Medal of Honor was instituted during the Civil War, only three conscientious objectors have received the United States’ highest military award. One of them, Desmond Doss ...

The 2016 movie “Hacksaw Ridge” tells the story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism as an unarmed medic during the ...

The 2016 film, directed by Mel Gibson, is currently streaming on ITVX. The award-winning Hacksaw Ridge has a popcorn rating of 92% on movie website Rotten Tomatoes, higher than Dunkirk (81%).

Previous coverage on local military news above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A Vietnam Purple Heart war hero, who died in action, will be honored with a public bridge dedication in Darke County this ...

The Milwaukee Juneteenth parade honors Anna Mae Robertson, a WWII hero and civil rights activist, as her family carries on her legacy after she died recently. Gavin Newsom mocks Trump's "made in ...

Once in Okinawa, Doss and the 77th faced their greatest challenge yet: capturing Hacksaw Ridge, the highest point of the Maeda Escarpment, a 400-foot fortified slope topped by a 40-foot cliff ...

At 6:30 A.M. in New Orleans, a wreath laying ceremony took place at the National World War II Museum signifying the start of D-Day 81 years ago — a pivotal moment during World War II that ...

Six Oak Ridge softball players earned postseason honors after leading the Bluejays to their best season ever, finishing third in the state and setting new program records.

In up-close looks at war via videos, museum-goers can go back to the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, an intense scene of hand-to-hand fighting; the 1776 New York-New Jersey campaigns; and key battles ...

Christine Song looks at Korean War photos on display at Honolulu Hale’s Lane Gallery on Tuesday. She was 3 years old when the conflict began and remembers looking for a place to hide when North ...

The U.S. post office in downtown Bastrop has been dedicated to the late retired Army Sgt. Maj. Billy D. Waugh, one of the city's native sons who as a soldier in the early 1950s fought in Korea and ...

On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's victory during the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery.