President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers including Citadel class of 1959 graduate Capt. Hugh R. Nelson, Jr. at 5 p.m. in the East Room of the White House.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A man is set to receive a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor Friday and will become the first Citadel graduate to do so. Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson, a graduate of the ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the nation’s highest military honor Friday. President Joe ...