Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

At 100 years old, Carroll Braxton is the oldest living Montford Point Marine, the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.

A group of U.S. lawmakers are pushing to posthumously award a civil rights activist held in the Japanese internment camp in Topaz, Utah, during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.

National World War II Museum visitors can learn about the contributions, struggles and victories of Black Americans during ...

Las Cruces native James Flowers trained the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew combat missions in Europe that earned them medals and a ...

The U.S. Congress is once again moving to bestow a golden medal on the late Colonel Kim Young-ok, a Korean American. According to foreign media including Voice of America (VOA) on the 1st, a bill to ...

A new memorial rose garden at Veterans Memorial Park will honor Claudine Rushton, a 100-year-old Rosie the Riveter, alongside ...

Washington State Rep. Marilyn Strickland has joined California representatives Young Kim and Dave Min in reintroducing a ...

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

Two pieces of numismatic legislation were introduced separately Jan. 15 in the House, one seeking a commemorative coin ...

The honor would go to Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, an Army officer who helped save the lives of Jewish-American ...

I want to give Pete Hegseth a chance. He has passion for defending the United States and real-world experience in what it ...