The ceremony was over and former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, the nation’s newest Medal of Honor recipient, walked toward the microphones set up in front of the West Wing, his pants bloused over ...

Ryan Pitts will receive the Medal of Honor for his combat actions during an enemy engagement in Wanat, in the Waygal Valley of northeastern Afghanistan, July 13, 2008.

Former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts speaks about his experiences before, during and after his time in Af ghanistan, where his actions of valor earned him the Medal of Honor. Behind him is his wife Amy ...

Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts received the Medal of Honor on Monday for his heroism during the Battle of Wanat in 2008, one of deadliest clashes of the Afghanistan War.

Ryan Pitts awarded the Medal of Honor 10 photos. After crawling out of the north fighting position, Pitts said he "looked down at a terrace to the west, and I could see the dead guys down there.

The newest Medal of Honor recipient, former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, said he wanted the nation not to remember his name, but those of the nine men who were killed in one of the fiercest ...

Then-Sgt. Ryan Pitts waits for a flight at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in 2008. Pitts, now a former active-duty staff sergeant, will receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in Afghanistan, the ...

WASHINGTON – Bleeding from both legs and his arm, Ryan Pitts kept firing at about 200 Taliban fighters, ... On Monday, President Barack Obama draped the Medal of Honor around his neck, ...

The National Medal of Honor Museum, honoring more than 3,500 veterans, is now open in Arlington, Texas. Nashua's Ryan Pitts is one of the 61 living Medal of Honor recipients to be honored at the ...

Pitts received a medical discharge from the Army in 2009 and lives with his wife, Amy, and 1-year-old son, Lucas, in Nashua, N.H., where he works for a computer software company.

The National Medal of Honor Museum, honoring more than 3,500 veterans, is now open in Arlington, Texas. Nashua's Ryan Pitts is one of the 61 living Medal of Honor recipients to be honored at the ...