In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. By Gilbert King SMITHSONIAN.COM DECEMBER 19, 2012 With powerful engines, extensive firepower and heavy armor, the newly chris... Read more

Leigh Ann Hester – Distinguished Service Cross Of all the women to be decorated for valor since 1900, Leigh Ann Hester is arguably the best known. She is also the only one not to have... Read more

The following article on David Pristash, commander of American Legion Post #801 By Brian Albrecht, The Plain Dealer | Posted January 20, 2019 at 05:00 AM | Updated January 21, 2019 at 06:09... Read more

I have read/viewed/listened to many books to try to convey on the conflict monuments going into the Veterans Memorial Park in Macedonia, OH what veterans endured in each of the wars that Ame... Read more

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Dan Bullock was 15 years old when he was killed in action in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam in 1969, making him the youngest American casualty of the Vietnam... Read more

November 11, 2018 100th Anniversary of the Armistice Ending World War I Fighting ceased at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. It was called the ‘Great War”... Read more

Seventy-five years ago, Ensign William L. Halloran was the first Knight of Columbus killed in World War II by J.C. Sullivan “The telegram arrived at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 1941... Read more

Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations ... Read more

By Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business Insider Apr 22, 2016 On April 22, 2008, two Marines from two different walks of life who had literally just met were told to stand guard in front of their out... Read more

“Hacksaw Ridge” is a 2016 biographical war drama film about the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, who ref... Read more