CHICAGO -- Decades after his service, a World War 2 veteran is presented with medals he earned while serving in the U.S. Navy. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin presented the medals to Joe Hoppe, whom he met ...

Lawrence resident Frank Westgate holds various WWII campaign medals and the purple heart medal posthumously given to his father Ellsworth Toby Westgate, who suffered a severe head injury while serving ...

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A 92-year-old veteran finally got the medals he deserved decades after serving in World War II. Thomas Simpson, who served in the Navy, said he was determined to get them after one of his grandsons ...

World War II Navy seaman Walter Marasco, 97, was presented four service medals by U.S. Rep. John Joyce at his local office on Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski World War II Navy seaman Walter ...

On Friday afternoon, the South Moline Senior Center was full of people. Cookies, lemonade and tea were arranged along the far wall, with the stars and stripes and military flags arrayed at the front ...

OSHKOSH - U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher recently presented medals to the family of World War II veteran Ray C. Jackson in honor of his heroic service. Jackson, a former Omro resident, was one of the brave ...

THE grandson of a World War II veteran has launched a national campaign to retrieve his family’s war medals after the NT Museum and Art ­Gallery refused to hand them back. Brendan Cordina has spent ...

They rebuilt railroads and repaired bridges, moved supplies and serviced the tanks and airplanes vital to the ultimate assaults on Germany. And together Saturday, a small group of World War II ...

A San Diego veteran was awarded France's Legion of Honor medal Feb. 17 for his service as a translator during WWII. PFC Lucien Des Lauriers, now 97 years old, gathered with his family at a ceremony ...