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Medals of World War 2 hero who was prisoner of war to fetch thousands at auction
A collection of rare medals belonging to a Battle ... Major Merton entered World War II with the British Expeditionary Force ...
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The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor
Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to ...
Airman who was shot down, imprisoned in Japan during World War II accounted for
A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...
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Rare Collection: New Medal of Honor Museum Brings Tales of Heroism to Life
Imagine seeing the pin, screw and rod-riddled X-rays of Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Carpenter's injuries from a grenade blast in Afghanistan; reading the ...
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P-38 Lightning: The Backbone of America’s World War II Air Force
Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied ... Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically ...
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Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90
"Bud" Anderson arrived in the European Theater of World War II in 1943 ... California, Dec. 2, 2022. (U.S. Air Force/Nicholas Pilch) Northern California was always home for Anderson.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women ...