Honors - Page 35

April 22, 2016

US Army officer helps foil terror plot to blow up Jewish school in Denmark

Denmark presented an Army intelligence officer working in Iraq with a prestigious medal for helping to foil a terrorist plot to blow up a Jewish school in the Baltic country.

April 1, 2016

Lawmaker hopes to replace wood markers with headstones for WWII Alaska Native militia

Alaska wasn't even a state yet when thousands of Alaska Natives volunteered for a citizens militia to protect the vast U.S. territory from Japanese invasion during World War II.

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 22, 2016

'Rosie the Riveters' honored with visit to Washington

Seven decades after their "we can do it" attitude proved invaluable to the Allied victory, about 30 "Rosie the Riveters" were honored Tuesday with a trip to Washington that included visits to the National World War II Memorial.

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

SEAL receives Medal of Honor for valiant acts in Afghanistan

When Navy SEAL Edward Byers Jr. told his mom, Peggy, he would be receiving the Medal of Honor at the White House on Monday, she had one question: “Can I come?”

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.

January 27, 2016

World War I national memorial inches closer to reality

A monument honoring the Americans who fought and died during World War I is one step closer to reality.

January 12, 2016

US Navy to name ship after hero from Iwo Jima

The last living Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Iwo Jima is set to receive a special honor Thursday, when the U.S. Navy names a ship after the veteran.

December 31, 2015

Medal of Honor recipient charged in hit-and-run

A former Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who saved a fellow serviceman’s life by jumping on an enemy grenade in Afghanistan turned himself in Thursday to South Carolina cops after he was charged in a hit-and-run earlier this month.