First Things RSS Feed - Jeremy Clark https://www.firstthings.com/author/jeremy-clark en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:13 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/jeremy-clark 60 Drive On https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/11/drive-on https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/11/drive-on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest decoration for bravery during combat operations. The president presents the medal in the name of Congress to a member of the military who has "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States." Congress has awarded the medal to three soldiers¯all posthumously¯during the War on Terror, most recently to Lieutenant Michael Patrick Murphy of the U.S. Navy.

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