He had earned a Purple Heart, a European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars, a combat infantryman badge, and the good conduct and World War II victory medals ...

After racial inequalities prevented World War II veteran Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher ... at that time," Fletcher never received his Purple Heart, a medal given to military members who are either ...

The office of Illinois State Michael Frerichs returned the medal to ... Peckham accepted the Purple Heart during a small private ceremony on Oct. 29, at the World War II Memorial outside the ...

Purple Heart Medal’s Owner Identified as ‘a Man’s Man’ Who Fought in WWII For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals.

and his medals — including a Purple Heart and Bronze Star — are in a case in an engineering conference room named after him on the second floor of City Hall. World War II Navy seaman Walter ...

Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final mission and other historic items.

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper” Wray or ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding ...

World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped geopolitics, ...