Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times. The first was awarded to a ...

GARY | World War II Army veteran James Protho spent 63 years fighting to get his military medals, but they came six years too late. On Dec. 17, a package arrived in the mail that contained the ...

FORT HAMILTON, N.Y. — In a ceremony surrounded by family and friends, World War II veteran, former U.S. Army Pfc. William “Willie” Kellerman, was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, Purple Heart and ...

Neel Kearby became a hardcore "believer" in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...

With inflatable tanks, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, the American military units that became known as the Ghost Army outwitted the enemy during World War II. Their mission was kept ...

WASHINGTON — Members of the Ghost Army, a top-secret military unit credited with saving thousands of Americans during World War II using distraction techniques, received Congressional Gold Medals on ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Chinese-American World War II veterans were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Nov. 6 at the Crane Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a national appreciation for ...

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - There was a special salute for a South Florida Army veteran. Raymond Surrette, a sergeant for the Army Air Corps during World War II, was awarded France’s Legion of ...

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers unanimously voted to bestow a Congressional Gold Medal to a secret U.S. military unit that fooled German troops with inflatable tanks, audio recordings and other methods ...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that awards the Congressional Gold Medal to a top-secret US Army unit that used deceptive tactics like inflatable tanks, fake radio transmissions ...