After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...
A Great Dane named Juliana received a medal during World War II for defusing a bomb by urinating on it. A Great Dane named ...
When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...
To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have ...
A D-Day hero's medals have been reunited with his family 30 years after they had to sell them to pay for his widow's care. Regimental Sergeant Major Eric Lines won the prestigious Military Medal ...
And now a medal awarded to one of the pigeons which inspired the film, has gone on sale for £10,000 at the Laidlaw Auctioneers of Carlisle, Cumbria. Tommy was awarded the Dickin Medal for ...
WAUSA, Neb. (KTIV) - A World War II veteran, in Wausa, Nebraska, celebrated his 101st birthday Wednesday. “Well, I was kind ...
The honor would go to Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, an Army officer who helped save the lives of Jewish-American ...