Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A veteran fraudulently claimed and then sold the medals of Second World War heroes to pay off his gambling debts, a court heard.

The PDSA Dickin Medal is the highest award an animal can receive for service in conflict. Created in 1943 by Maria Dickin, ...

Black New York Army National Guard soldiers who bravely served in World War I combat have been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. The gold medal was presented to the descendants of some of the 4,000 ...

Military medals belonging to a veteran and his grandfather have been stolen on Armistice Day. Thames Valley Police said the burglary occurred between 11:30 and 16:00 GMT on Tuesday, when the offenders ...

Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held a ceremony for Samuel Johnson, a union soldier during the U.S.

During the State of the Union address, President Trump awarded Royce Williams a Medal of Honor for his actions in a secret ...

A LOCAL WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN IS AWARDED A MEDAL FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTIONS. SINCE MARTIN KERR COULD NOT GET HIS MEDAL AT THE CEREMONY IN LINCOLN, THE STATE OF NEBRASKA BROUGHT THE CEREMONY TO BLAIR, ...

Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients traced the route of the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase. The Great Locomotive Chase led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863. The group ...

Click to open image viewer. A World War I Victory Medal designed by the American sculptor, James Earle Fraser, and issued by the United States Army or Navy in 1919. The bronze medal consists of a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — A rare bronze medal from the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Medal of Honor is our nation’s ...