Five Korean War soldiers will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden s part of a campaign to shine ...

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In his opening remarks at the White House ceremony, Biden said the Medal of Honor recipients epitomized the American ideal ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year ...

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #1: (Reading in French). BEARDSLEY: One by one, the kids read out the testimony of one of the many African soldiers who fought and often died ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #1: (Reading in French). BEARDSLEY: One by one, the kids read out the testimony of one of the many African soldiers ... Some 350,000 soldiers ...

Black soldiers faced discrimination as well as segregation. The army was extremely reluctant to commission black officers -- only one hundred gained commissions during the war. African American ...