Lt. j.g. John Koelsch's most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his ...

Regimental Sergeant Major Eric Lines won the prestigious Military Medal for helping to defend Pegasus Bridge on June 6, 1944, ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday posthumously awarded a solider who died in hand-to-hand combat with a medal designating him a Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star, ...

WASHINGTON - In 1906, then - President Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Medals of Honor to Pvt. Simon Harris and Pvt. James W. McIntyre for their ...

Like the heroes in comic books, Cpl. Fred McGee rescued others when the odds were stacked against him. On June 16, 1952, ...

It's one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War — an Associated Press photograph of a young girl running naked down a ...

Doris Day, the wife of Brigadier Gen. Bud Day and part of the namesake of a Siouxland building, has died at the age of 95.

Some of the medals that were won by athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics were beginning to deteriorate just months after winning them. However, according to the Associated Press, the French mint is ...

World War II Army Ranger Thomas Bearpaw was recently posthumously inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame during the ...

Many people in the wealthy neighbourhood of Brentwood have been told to leave, as the Palisades Fire spreads east.

A new Sky History docu-drama, The Lost Women Spies, uncovers the incredible stories of the brave women who were recruited as ...