STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — President Donald Trump called the Ollis family Tuesday evening to inform them that U.S. Staff Sgt.

Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis was killed in Afghanistan in 2013, when he used his body to protect a Polish Army officer during ...

Ollis becomes the third Staten Islander to receive the nation's highest military decoration after years of advocacy by his family and community.

President Trump had an emotional phone call with the parents of Staten Island native and Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis to ...

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis was killed in action nearly 16 years ago. On Wednesday, his family got a call from President ...

US President Donald Trump shared an emotional phone call with the parents of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, informing ...

The sister of a fallen soldier describes the "bittersweet validation" as her brother finally receives a Medal of Honor after years of government denial and advocacy.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump called the family of Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis to confirm that their son was approved ...

Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who stepped in front of wounded Polish soldier to protect him from a suicide bomber in 2013, was ...

President Trump is awarding the Medal of Honor to a pilot whose faceoff with Soviet fighter jets remained secret for a ...

From Minnesota to Florida to Staten Island, the country watched federal power recalibrate, justice exacted, and valor honored, a reminder that control, consequence, and courage each demand their own ...

His actions are "in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service," his citation says.