Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War By Dakota Meyer (Random House, 256 page, $27) THE DOWNSIDE OF JOINING THE ELITE group of Medal of Honor recipients ...

Nine Afghan soldiers who survived a 2009 battle that brought the first Medal of Honor to a living Marine since the Vietnam War have disputed the official accounts of how Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer won ...

Jonathan S. Landay is writing again about the 2009 battle of Ganjgal, the fire fight in Afghanistan that he says is most remarkable “for its extraordinary heroism and deadly incompetence.” He should ...

After nearly being overlooked, and according to some accounts intentionally forgotten, Army Capt. William Swenson received the Medal of Honor at an emotional White House ceremony Tuesday for his ...

Like other U.S. trainers with the Afghan force that day, former Army Capt. William Swenson had expected light resistance. Instead, the contingent walked into a furious six-hour gunfight with Taliban ...

At a stately White House ceremony on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will extol former Army Capt. William Swenson's courage and award him the country's highest military decoration. But beyond the ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel apologized Wednesday to former Army Capt. William Swenson for the mishandling of his Medal of Honor nomination four years ...

A "full battle event recreation" recounts the events of the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009 in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The simulation was created by the Training Brain Operations Center ...