PENNINGTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- It was a special day for a member of the Greatest Generation. A 100-year-old World War II veteran received a distinguished service medal from the State of New Jersey.

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — When General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender during World War II in Tokyo Bay, John DeLeo of Johnston was there. DeLeo enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Long thought to have been stolen, the Purple Heart medal that Worcester native Thomas Flynn was awarded for his World War I service was returned to his family at the State House on ...

A century-old injustice needs to be corrected. “More Than a Medal,” follows the extraordinary story of researchers working ...

Steve Woodson offers remarks during a ceremony to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to his father, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black ...

STOLEN FROM A REPAIR SHOP. WELL, TOMORROW IS VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY, CELEBRATING GERMANY’S SURRENDER IN WORLD WAR TWO. THE METRO IS CELEBRATING NEW CASTLE RETIREMENT CENTER HONORS ITS RESIDENT VETERANS ...

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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 ...

As the solemn sound of taps echoed throughout Park Cemetery on Thursday, a crowd gathered to pay their respects to a soldier ...

"They never got a salute," a daughter of one of the women said. The only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve in World War II in the U.S. and in Europe is set to be awarded the Congressional Gold ...

Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire ...