By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated December 16, 2021
On Thursday, Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe is the first Black service member to receive the Medal of Honor since the 9/11 attacks.
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor—the nation’s highest military award for valor—to three U.S. soldiers for risking their lives during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2005, Sgt. 1st Class Cashe rescued fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle in Iraq during
