November 28, 2015 Civil War general's Medal of Honor discovered inside book at church sale The medal Chamberlain received in 1893 for his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg is at the Pejepscot Historical Society.
November 28, 2015 Navy destroyer Zumwalt to be christened in Maine The U.S. Navy is christening the first ship of its newest class of destroyers.
November 28, 2015 About time: WWII airmen receive long-overdue POW medals Seven World War II era U.S. Army Air Forces personnel shot down and captured while fighting Hitler’s Nazi regime will finally receive long overdue Prisoner of War medals during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pentagon. For decades, the airmen were denied POW status after they were shot down over Germany, only to be later interned in a prison camp in Wauwilermoos, Switzerland.
November 28, 2015 Richard Faulkner, World War II veteran, awarded Purple Heart after declining honor 70 years ago An 89-year-old World War II veteran who turned down a Purple Heart medal in 1944 was decorated with the honor on Saturday.
November 28, 2015 Marine injured in Afghanistan grenade blast to receive Medal of Honor, report says A U.S. Marine, who suffered serious injuries after it is believed he jumped on a grenade to protect a fellow Marine as they stood guard on a rooftop in Afghanistan's Helmand province, will receive the nation's highest combat valor honor, The Marine Times reported, citing unnamed sources.
November 28, 2015 French and US volunteers tend to graves, honor lives of fallen WWII heroes A group of volunteers on both sides of the Atlantic has found a way to bring back to life dozens of Wisconsin men who died fighting Nazis in the Second World War.
November 23, 2015 2 Texas veterans, both 107, meet for first time At age 107, World War II veteran Elmer Hill doesn't have many elders left. That's why meeting a fellow veteran and Texan who's three months his senior was a bit of a shock Friday.
November 23, 2015 Army Ranger believed to be unconscious salutes during Purple Heart ceremony Josh Hargis, an Army Ranger severely injured in Afghanistan last week, was thought to be unconscious during his Purple Heart ceremony. He lost both legs and was hooked to a breathing tube at a military hospital in Afghanistan.
November 21, 2015 Marine to get medal of honor for blocking grenade Cpl. Kyle Carpenter remembers lying on his back on a rooftop in Marjah, Afghanistan, crammed up against sandbags alongside his friend and fellow Marine, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio.
November 20, 2015 WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast Thousands of visitors streamed to the national Air Force museum on Saturday to pay a Veterans Day weekend tribute to the few surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, airmen whose daring raid on Japan helped boost American morale during World War II, as they planned to make their ceremonial final toast together.
