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 ...

That's why the gold medal ... of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding.” But that award fell out of use after the Revolutionary War through just after World War ...

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 ...

A U.S. pilot who was long considered missing in action after a failed World War II mission has been ... were posthumously awarded the Air Medal and a Purple Heart, according to the American ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

As some references to the historic contribution of women and other marginalized groups are being erased from the federal ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...