World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

A U.S. Army soldier who earned the prestigious Medal of Honor during World War II has been accounted for more than eight ...

A World War II Medal of Honor recipient from southern Minnesota, whose remains were only just identified this summer, will now be returning home to his final resting place next spring, more than 85 ...

A central Pennsylvania WWll veteran has joined the ranks of such notables as Gen. George Patton, President Dwight Eisenhower, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It's never too late to honor a veteran - even seven decades late. William Gilbert, 94, served in the Navy during World War II and earned several honors, but never got any of them ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A World War II veteran was honored for his service on Saturday, more than a decade after he passed away. The veteran's family was reconnected with his service medals ...

But, during a public ceremony Wednesday in State College, his insistence was finally no match. One well-dressed speaker after ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Congressman Sam Graves presented military recovered service medals to the family of a Northwest Missouri veteran. U.S. Rep. Graves, R-Mo., presented the medals to ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - The grand-niece of a World War II veteran was presented with his Purple Heart and other military medals during a ceremony in southern Illinois on Thursday, August 21. According ...

As part of an initiative marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen honors De Emmett Zerbe, a World War II veteran, with the Nebraska World War II Recognition Medal at ...

Weeks before Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces in World War II, a young Chicagoan named Stephen Grabowski was stationed in Italy on his way to La Spezia when enemy forces struck his bunker with ...