SCHWEINFURT, Germany (Dec. 4, 2013) -- December 4 marks the anniversary former Schweinfurt Soldier Spc. Ross Andrew McGinnis was killed in action when he covered a live grenade to protect his crew.

Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis received the Medal of Honor posthumously this morning in the East Room of the White House. In a more perfect world, PFC McGinnis would be a household name.

Thomas and Romayne McGinnis, parents of late Army Pfc. Ross A. McGinnis hold the Metal of Honor after a ceremony at the White House House June 2,,2008. MCGinnis sacrificed his own life after throwing ...

Army Spec. Ross McGinnis had a choice that December afternoon in 2006. Seated in the raised gunner’s turret of a Humvee patrolling eastern Baghdad, Iraq, the 19-year-old soldier could have easily ...

In this undated family handout released to the Oil City Derrick Pfc. Ross McGinnis is shown. McGinnis was killed in Iraq during a Dec. 4 mission in Baghdad when he threw himself onto a grenade shortly ...

FORT MEADE, Md. (Army News Service, July 10, 2008) -- As many Americans continued to celebrate the nation's birthday July 5, a special concert in Latrobe, Pa., by the U.S. Army Field Band honored an ...

President Bush on Monday presented the nation’s highest military award to a young soldier killed in Iraq when he threw himself on a hand grenade tossed into a Humvee where four other soldiers sat.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In 2007, journalist and former soldier Kelly Kennedy embedded for several months with a U.S. Army unit in Iraq: Charlie Company's 26th Infantry Regiment. She spent hours with the soldiers out on ...

Journalist Kelly Kennedy embedded with Charlie Company's 26th Infantry Regiment for several months in 2007. She spent hours with the soldiers out on patrol, and now relates their worst and best days ...