World War II veterans Gerald Baker of Kearney and Jack Northrop of Clay Center received medals as part of a statewide ...

The Occupation Medal was created to recognize the soldiers who participated in World War II. It was issued from 1945 to 1990. ... > Medals: Medal examples: Navy “E” Ribbon, ...

A World War II veteran who served as a Navy pilot, Campbell had quite the history in the military. In fact, he received 17 ribbons and medals. Among them is the Navy Cross, second only to the ...

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.

Two men who served in world War II were awarded their much overdue service medals. The veterans have two different stories, but each are finally holding their well earned awards 70 years after ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

A 92-year-old veteran finally got the medals he deserved decades after serving in World War II. Thomas Simpson, who served in the Navy, said he was determined to get them after one of his ...

WASHINGTON — Navy veteran Peter L. Smith was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for his actions in combat during World War II. “I am humbled by the opportunity ...

Richmond resident and World War II veteran Jessie Nelson Short recently received his lost military medals, thanks to his wife Nancy and neighbor Harold Hall. "Jessie said that after he was ...

(CBS) -- Seventy years late, a 91-year-old Navy veteran finally has the medals and ribbons he earned for his service during World War II, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.

The reverse side of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded posthumously Wednesday to World War II Navy veteran and Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Larry Doby depicts the moment in a sweaty ...

(WJAR) — U.S. Sen. Jack Reed honored a Rhode Island-native World War II veteran for his service with the U.S. Navy on Monday. Reed presented John DeLeo with several military honors he received ...