The Purple Heart has been awarded to many notable figures throughout its history. John F. Kennedy is the only US president to ...

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Seaman, beloved former columnist for the Standard-Times, recalled a recent encounter with a World War ll vet at a Dartmouth ...

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Retired Navy Cmdr. Everett Alvarez, a pilot who was shot down and captured during the early days of the Vietnam War, is now ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - Two World War II veterans were honored on Wednesday. They were presented with special recognition.

In this age of heightened tension and antisemitism, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History has an important ...

The US Navy and local Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are mourning the deaths of aviators Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lt.