Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Army Staff Sgt. William D. Owens knew his platoon was in trouble. Part of A Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd ...

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The former Chief of Defence has quietly hidden his highest decoration from the public profile for his new ambassador gig. Newly released documents revealed Angus Campbell requested his Distinguished ...

"Come with me if you want to live." - Chips the Hero Dog of World War II (U.S. Army) During the American Invasion of Sicily in 1943, the 3rd Military Police Platoon, 30th Infantry Regiment landed near ...

A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Monday. Army ...

FT. HUACHUCA- From the battlefields of Vietnam to Fort Huachuca, U.S. Army Private First Class Frank Crary was at last honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroic actions more than 50 ...

Woodson's story will also be told as part of a National Geographic docuseries, 'Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color.' Waverly Woodson Jr, a Black medic who served in the only all-Black regiment to take part ...

WASHINGTON — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy ...

NORMANDY, France — It is never too late to do the right thing for an American hero. For more than three years, the unit where I serve, First Army, has worked to honor one of our former soldiers, a ...

Click to open image viewer. Distinguished Service Cross; Obverse: bronze cross with American eagle depicted in center; embossed letter text; Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel leaf wreath; blue ...