April 13, 2016 War monument smashed into pieces at Florida park Veterans in Florida say they're disgusted that someone apparently stormed a war memorial in Gainesville and smashed some of it to pieces over the weekend.
April 11, 2016 Vietnam vet, 69, receives second Purple Heart 46 years later Some 46 years after a Vietnam War veteran had his first Purple Heart pinned to his fatigues, he received his second in an emotional ceremony earlier this month.
April 5, 2016 Heroic US Marine Corps service dog awarded top medal for war animals A heroic U.S. Marine Corps German shepherd who lost a leg sniffing out a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was awarded the world's highest honor for service dogs during a special ceremony Tuesday.
March 31, 2016 Native American hero 'code talker' dead at 92 Gilbert Horn Sr., a Native American code talker who returned from World War II to spend decades serving the Fort Belknap Assiniboine Tribe as a judge and council member, has died of natural causes.
March 25, 2016 Decades later, forgotten Medal of Honor recipient gets military graveside honors A 1906 Medal of Honor recipient is finally receiving full military honors Friday at a cemetery in Washington state decades after he was buried without fanfare.
March 17, 2016 Couple buys Purple Heart at Goodwill for $4.99, sends to hero's family A husband and wife in Arizona spotted a deal when they uncovered a Purple Heart with a $4.99 price tag at a Goodwill store, but they said they had a duty to find the real hero who received the medal, local media reported Wednesday.
March 1, 2016 Former Marine, wife use experience of traumatic injury to help others Justin and Dahlia Constantine had only known each other for a few weeks when he was deployed with his Marine Corps unit to Iraq in summer of 2006.
February 29, 2016 Navy SEAL Medal of Honor recipient proved mettle in hand-to-hand combat The sixth Navy SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor proved his mettle in hand-to-hand combat in Afghanistan – or more accurately, hand-to-throat.
February 28, 2016 Why we won: Lessons from the Gulf War 25 years later Anniversaries are when we look back and see history in the light of experience. The United States’ only real failure respecting the Gulf War has been misreading its lessons.
