WWII Vet Claimed He Was 'Just in the Band,' Then Family Checked His Medals
Leonard F Pryor's medals "were passed to me a few years ago, as his namesake," his great-grandson Leonard Lawson told Newsweek.
Army Identifies 2 Soldiers on Black Hawk Helicopter During D.C. Plane Crash but Withholds Third Name
The names of two of the three soldiers who were on the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight on ...
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Congress Asks Trump to Award Medal of Honor to Trailblazing Marine Vietnam War Veteran
Nearly 50 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump last week urging him to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine veteran ...
You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up with a way to sway any thoughts of rebellion. Congress was running out of ...
The Citadel holding special parade Friday to honor school's first Medal of Honor graduate recipient
The Citadel hosting special parade Friday to honor Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., the first full-on ...
Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner
The two pilots had a combined total of 1,500 flight hours and the crew chief was a senior aviator with at least 500 hours in ...
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Army releases name of third soldier who died in D.C. helicopter, airliner crash
WASHINGTON — The Army on Saturday released the name of the third soldier who died Wednesday when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport in D.C.
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You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
Douglas MacArthur, the Army chief of staff at the time ... formally established the rules for awarding the Purple Heart medal: Military service animals are no longer able to receive the award.