ITOMAN, Okinawa — Eighty years after Navy hospital corpsman Vernon “Monk” Martin was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, his ...

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 ...

The elite force was founded by David Stirling in 1941 to carry out raids behind enemy lines during the Second World War ... General Service Medal 1962-2007, 3 clasps: Borneo, South Arabia ...

By 1942, the two were among 2434 Australian and British prisoners taken as prisoners of war by the Japanese and sent to Sandakan camp on the island of Borneo ... s service medals.Credit: Dean ...

Near the end of the Second World War, Australia played a critical role in Allied operations in and around Borneo, including the landings at ... present at the Kibeho Massacre were awarded the Medal ...

"Found Money, War Medals, and Priceless Toys in Abandoned Time Capsule House" reveals an incredible discovery in a long-forgotten home. As explorers sift through the dust of decades, they uncover ...

LATHAM, New York--The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs is now issuing commemorative Afghanistan and Iraq War medals approved by the legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul in 2023.

War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be permanently displayed...in Australia. The previously unthinkable move comes after the Imperial War Museum [IWM] said it was closing The ...

The New York State Afghanistan War Commemorative Medal is awarded to those who served in Afghanistan between October 2001 and August 2021. Similarly, the New York State Iraq War Commemorative ...