In his opening remarks at the White House ceremony, Biden said the Medal of Honor recipients epitomized the American ideal that "all men are created equal."

An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam in 1966 was one of seven servicemen awarded the Medal of Honor Friday in a ceremony at the White House.

President Joe Biden presented the highest military award for valor to seven U.S. Army soldiers at a ceremony at the White House. It marked the final time that Biden would award the Medal of Honor to a U.

A Hawaii soldier who fell in battle during the Korean War was one of seven serv­ice members retroactively awarded the Medal of Honor Friday, the highest U.S. military award for courage in wartime.