Joseph J. Drake, a 100-year-old Hawley native and one of only five surviving WWII Army Rangers, was honored on June 25 in Washington, DC, with the Congressional Gold Medal for distinguished Army ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It's never too late to honor a veteran - even seven decades late. William Gilbert, 94, served in the Navy during World War II and earned several honors, but never got any of them ...

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat. The ...

Sgt. Reece Martin had known for most of his life that his great uncle fought on the beaches of France during the D-Day invasion of June 1944 and died about a week later in battle. But there was little ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Midlands World War II marine veteran was presented with a service medal at a surprise ceremony Wednesday. Larry Pressley is one of the first World War II “atomic veterans” and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Congressman Sam Graves presented military recovered service medals to the family of a Northwest Missouri veteran. U.S. Rep. Graves, R-Mo., presented the medals to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for ...