A decade ago, Sal Giunta was an undistinguished high school student growing up in eastern Iowa – “a regular kid, maybe a little on the hyper side,” in his own words. Today, at 27, he is still trying ...

Two new installments in an illustrated series spotlighting soldiers whose actions earned them the nation’s highest award for military valor is now available online. The new editions of “Medal of Honor ...

Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta got the Congressional Medal of Honor today, and he deserved it. In an ambush in October, 2007, he, in the words of the citation for the award, “exposed himself to ...

Normally, we like to go back a little further than one season to select a Rewind. But this week, we'll make an exception: Salvatore Giunta's story is the perfect compliment to David Martin's report on ...

A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland after Week 2. LA Times Watch Bo Jackson go 65 yards for the score The run game got off to a slow start before Bo Jackson took one 65 ...

The cable news networks carried live coverage this afternoon of the ceremony awarding the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam war.

Army Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta today became the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. Giunta's truly heroic story was chronicled in Sebastian Junger's book on the Afghan War, ...

Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, who earned the nation’s highest award for valor while serving in Afghanistan but was uneasy with the fame it brought, will be leaving the Army to go to college, Army officials ...

This man truly is a hero, not just for his actions but for his whole attitude surrounding the events, the award and his brothers in arms. I would guess that most MoH recipients felt the same way as he ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Medal of Honor recipient and Iowa native Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta will end his Army career in June and move to Colorado to pursue his education, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in 2010. Giunta, from Hiawatha, Iowa, is the first living ...