Smith was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for his actions in combat during World War II ... as well as fellow Navy recipients President George H.W. Bush ...

Smith — one of our Navy’s hundreds of thousands of World War II veterans — for his ... member of an elite group of Distinguished Flying Cross recipients. Army Corps Reservist Capt.

More than a million Black men wore the uniform of the United States in World War II, and many of them saw ... Thomas received the Distinguished Service Cross, survived the war and died of cancer ...

The group ranges from 96 to 107 years old, according to American Airlines, which is flying ... recipients from wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam who wish to honor the World War II veterans.

RAF LAKENHEATH, England — An Air Force officer who became the third woman to be awarded a Silver Star since World War II was among 30 ... the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor.