Honors - Page 17

April 17, 2019

Last surviving Doolittle Raider from attack on Japan remembered

Lt. Col. Richard Cole, the last surviving Doolittle Raider, is to be remembered at a memorial in Texas.

April 9, 2019

Last WWII ‘Doolittle Raider’ dies at 103

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last surviving member of World War II’s Doolittle Raiders, died Tuesday in Texas at the age of 103.

December 8, 2018

Pearl Harbor sailors finally laid to rest 77 years later thanks to DNA testing

After nearly eight decades, the lost victims of the infamous Pearl Harbor attack during World War II will finally be laid to rest this week thanks to DNA testing.

December 7, 2018

Elvis Presley helped raise cash for USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in the 1960s: report

Legendary rock star Elvis Presley helped make the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor a reality in the 1960s.  

December 7, 2018

Pearl Harbor ceremonies will go on -- without 5 remaining survivors of USS Arizona

For the first time, no USS Arizona survivors from the Pearl Harbor bombing in World War II will be attending the ceremonies at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Friday morning to commemorate the attack.

November 29, 2018

Pentagon IDs remains of Tuskegee Airman killed in WWII

More than two dozen of the storied Tuskegee Airmen of World War II fame are listed as missing in action.

October 17, 2018

Marine veteran, 80, receives Medal of Honor for Vietnam bravery

Marine veteran John Canley, now 80 and a retired sergeant major, received the nation’s highest military honor Wednesday for his “conspicuous gallantry” during the Vietnam War 50 years ago.

October 14, 2018

Purple Heart awarded posthumously to World War I soldier at Fort Jackson

A Purple Heart has been awarded posthumously to a World War I hero wounded on a battlefield in France 100 years ago.

October 1, 2018

Trump awards Medal of Honor to former Army medic

September 26, 2018

Marine veteran, 80, will get Medal of Honor for Vietnam valor

Marine veteran John Canley is set to receive the nation’s highest military honor.