Heroism on the battlefield often goes unrecognized for generations, as it did for Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers.

As USS Arizona burned on December 7, 1941, Lt. Commander Fuqua displayed true courage under fire.

Coast Guardsman Charles Walter David Jr. volunteered to rescue sailors from the doomed USAT Dorchester and also saved the lives of two of his own shipmates.

Mexican-born Jose Lopez earned America’s highest military honor for his heroic one- man stand during the Battle of the Bulge.

Wartime film star Patsy Kelly's most defiant act was being an openly gay woman in an inhospitable climate for the LGBTQIA+ community.