Richard Cavazos, Bruno Orig, Wataru Nakamura, Fred McGee and Charles Johnson were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Korean War. Their heroics were not fully recognized at the time, and they received the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on the role of minority service members in defense of the United States.

Capt. Hugh Nelson Jr. and Kenneth David, who fought in the Vietnam War, are the latest recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor in combat.

Five Korean War soldiers whose extraordinary heroism was not fully recognized at the time will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor as part of a campaign to shine a light on the role of minority service members in defense of the nation.

USS Kitty Hawk, off the coast of Japan, Pacific Ocean, April 15, 2002: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Lazenby, an air traffic controller, updates flight information on a board in the USS Kitty Hawk’s air traffic control center.

The disaster at Canada’s Chalk River site left an extremely high amount of radioactivity in the reactor facility. In repairing the site, Jimmy Carter’s crew and their Canadian counterparts got high doses of radiation, but helped avert further disaster.

Spc. Devel Brook of the 771st Maintenance Company directs a Humvee onto the Northern Lights, a civilian ship docked in Shu’aibah Port, Kuwait, on Jan. 28, 2004.

Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2004: Gigantic crossed sabers, held by giant hands representing the hands of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, split the sky at sunset Saturday in Baghdad.

Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 26, 2007: Yuka Tatetsu, one of the six Mikos, or shrine attendants at the Futenma Shrine in Ginowan, near Camp Foster, makes one last check of sample charms and talismans displayed at the shrine office.

Baghdad, Iraq, June 19, 2003: Kid Rock plays for the soldiers at the first USO show at Baghdad airport.