This story first appeared in the Newnan Times-Herald about a Purple Heart medal found in a local scrapyard. A local historian tracked the name on the medal to David T. McMahon, a World War II pilot ...

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

Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned his Purple Heart while fighting to liberate the Philippines during World War II.

Stuart Pagel, 98, enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17. Eight decades after the end of WWII, he will ride in a gold Mustang in ...

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

After a Grand Rapids World War II veteran’s medal was found in a Georgia junk heap, a local historian dug up everything he ...

The museum, which opened in 2011, was created by Higinio “Buddy” Clark Mendoza, son of a former Palawan war veteran. A helmet ...

He was presented an honorary recognition medal for his service.Gov. Jim Pillen plans to honor all living World War II veterans at the Capitol Rotunda in Lincoln on VE Day--May 8th. That ceremony ...

The ribbon design pays homage to the U.S. Military’s World War II Victory Medal, which is itself a doubling of the pattern on the World War I Victory Medal. The event began with the presentation ...

Eighty years later, thanks to dental and anthropological analysis, the remains of Pvt. Ben Leslie have been accounted for.