Peter Fantasia was awarded eight medals for his U.S. military service in a special ceremony Monday — a proud moment in the making for nearly 75 years. “God has been good. I don’t know what to say," ...
At 106 years old, Charles McGregor has seen more than most. But one moment, decades in the making, just became reality. McGregor, a World War II veteran now living in Edmond, finally received seven ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It's never too late to honor a veteran - even seven decades late. William Gilbert, 94, served in the Navy during World War II and earned several honors, but never got any of them ...
WWII veteran Jack Minton received commemorative medal in Elkhorn ceremony as part of Governor Pillen's program honoring Nebraska's living veterans.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Congressman Sam Graves presented military recovered service medals to the family of a Northwest Missouri veteran. U.S. Rep. Graves, R-Mo., presented the medals to ...
MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - The grand-niece of a World War II veteran was presented with his Purple Heart and other military medals during a ceremony in southern Illinois on Thursday, August 21. According ...
As part of an initiative marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen honors De Emmett Zerbe, a World War II veteran, with the Nebraska World War II Recognition Medal at ...
(CNN) — World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first ...
Weeks before Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces in World War II, a young Chicagoan named Stephen Grabowski was stationed in Italy on his way to La Spezia when enemy forces struck his bunker with ...
The congressman is pushing for the Columbia Post Office to be renamed in honor of WWII hero John Harlan Willis.