Leonard F Pryor's medals "were passed to me a few years ago, as his namesake," his great-grandson Leonard Lawson told Newsweek.

There are two major categories: campaign medals and gallantry medals. Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified ...

Brazilian missile specialist SIATT – Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio has been awarded a contract by the Brazilian Army to ...

In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

Air Medal with Numeral “27”, the Army Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster, the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star, the Korean Service Medal ...

Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork left them unrecognized.

Fifty-seven Cadet Force adult volunteers have been awarded the King's Coronation Medal. The presentation was conducted by the ...

World War II Navy seaman Walter Marasco of Riggles Gap was never “a gung-ho military type,” according to Marasco’s son, Brian ...

The Citadel hosting special parade Friday to honor Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., the first full-on ...

Both men earned medals for their service in the Vietnam War, but never received them until now. Pete Celentano was in a foxhole with three other U.S. Army soldiers in northern Vietnam in 1967 when ...