Captain James McClain was killed when he and others were ambushed by Viet Cong forces while returning from a mission. Years ...

The family of a prisoner of war received his medals on Tuesday, decades after the World War Two veteran passed away.

On this Veteran's Day the state of Tennessee is trying to return military medals to the veterans they belong to.

McDowell left the service five decades ago, but had not received his medals until Friday’s ceremony. One of those is a Purple Heart medal given to people wounded in combat. “Fortunately God ...

During his New York Guard service he earned numerous medals, including two New York State Military Commendation Medals, New York State Conspicuous Service Star (Federal Service) and a New York ...

A Cedar Rapids veteran of the Vietnam War was presented several medals Friday, more than five decades after he finished his military service.

Two service medals have been reunited with a British Army veteran Service medals found during a litter pick in Devon have been reunited with their owner - a British Army veteran. Devon and ...

A coffee shop in a small town in North Carolina has become a place for veterans to get together while also serving as a museum of sorts, as it holds photos and medals from the past 100 years.

The Bronze Medal of National Defence rewards particularly honourable service by military personnel. Dogs, and even pigeons during the First World War, have already received such a medal ...

Fly de Vesquerie, the horse which helped Elodie Clouvel to a silver medal in the modern pentathlon in the Paris Olympics, is to be awarded France's Bronze Medal of National Defence, AFP learned on ...