November 7, 2017 Trump visits Pearl Harbor ahead of first official tour of Asia As the president embarks on his first official tour of Asia, the commander in chief made a pit stop in Hawaii on Friday, where he and first lady Melania Trump spent the afternoon visiting Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval base that came under surprise attack from Japanese forces on Dec. 7, 1941.
October 3, 2017 Former cop sentenced after reportedly lying about receiving Purple Heart A former Georgia police officer, convicted for falsely claiming he was awarded a Purple Heart, escaped jail time at his sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
October 1, 2017 Donald Malarkey, WWII paratrooper portrayed in HBO's 'Band of Brothers,' dead at 96 Donald Malarkey, a World War II paratrooper who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to destroy German artillery on D-Day, has died.
September 27, 2017 Purple Heart mystery: Search underway to identify owner of lost medal On a spring afternoon nearly a decade ago, Joseph "Dusty" Ridlon was walking a friend's dog along a street in Nyack, N.Y. -- a suburb of New York City -- when he picked up a shiny item on the ground covered in sand.
September 26, 2017 Trump presents Medal of Honor to Vietnam War hero President Donald Trump awarded the nation's highest military honor Monday to a Vietnam War veteran who saved wounded soldiers from a kill zone despite his own serious injuries.
September 26, 2017 Fallen Marine's body escorted by Honor Guard through Bay Area The U.S. Navy Honor Guard escorted the body of a fallen Marine through the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday.
July 31, 2017 James McCloughan, 1st hero to receive Medal of Honor from President Trump McCloughan is credited with saving the lives of members of his platoon nearly 50 years ago in the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam.
July 6, 2017 Japan's defense minister visits controversial shrine after Pearl Harbor Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, just back from Pearl Harbor, on Thursday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals.
July 5, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Abe lays wreaths at Hawaii cemeteries Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into World War II.
July 5, 2017 John Glenn lies in honor at Ohio capitol for public goodbye John Glenn's home state and the nation began saying goodbye to the beloved astronaut Friday starting with a public viewing of his flag-draped casket inside Ohio's Statehouse rotunda.
