Congress has approved the use of Emancipation Hall for the June 26 awarding of a congressional gold medal approved in 2022 ...

Sgt. Reece Martin wanted to know more about his uncle, Lawrence Martin, who landed in France on D-Day and died in action 10 days later. So he spent years finding out. Last week, on the 84th ...

SPRINGFIELD - Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced the return of a Purple Heart medal to the ...

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on ...

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of ...

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's Purple Heart to his family as part of Operation Purple Heart.

A World War II Army veteran who served at Normandy and in the European theater was honored posthumously on Saturday with the ...

A Jewish World War II soldier from Michigan is being remembered for his extraordinary heroism that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration.