Stabler will receive the Congressional Gold Medal. According to the press release, the medal is “one of the highest civilian ...

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three ...

Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award finalist, shares the real-life story of Josefina ...

In the wee hours of September 5, 1942, Japanese destroyers sank the USS Gregory in the Southwest Pacific. Mess Attendant 1st Class Charles Jackson French immediately began piling as many wounded men ...

The Trump administration is skirting a federal law by finding new namesakes for the bases with the same last names as ...

Army personnel began removing "Fort Cavazos" from signage at the massive armored infantry post in Central Texas.

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

Had former Urbana High School history teacher Charles Carpenter talked about his own experiences, which many combat veterans ...

A Marine on Okinawa received a Joint Service Achievement Medal for his role in recovering WWII remains on Guadalcanal.

McMahon was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, which is given to those who were wounded or had died during service. He died in the Philippines on Jan. 29, 1945 and was buried in Manila. It is ...

Oregon Historical Society exhibit explores history of Minoru Yasui’s family before and after WWII incarceration.

Fort A.P. Hill was once named after a Confederate general. Now it’s named after three Union soldiers whose surnames are ...