Eighty years after World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen created a medal to honor living veterans of the war. This week he visited ...

Carl Schrat, a World War II veteran who served in the navy, was joined by Gov. Jim Pillen and honored at a World War II medal ...

On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Pillen will be presenting Genoa World War II veteran Bennie Rinkol with a recognition medal for his ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

Edmonds was captured by Nazi forces and refused an order to separate out Jewish American soldiers from other POWs.

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

Among the OPRF alumni given Tradition of Excellence awards were an Olympic medalist, a World War II hero and a U.S. major ...

A Great Dane named Juliana received a medal during World War II for defusing a bomb by urinating on it. A Great Dane named ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

Exactly 73 years after World War II and Korean War Veteran Lt. Col. George Davis Jr. was shot down and killed, Texas asked ...

Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...