Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

In muddied jeans and a wet black cowboy hat, Roberto Marquez built his makeshift memorial in the rain early Friday. Marquez set up his tribute at Gravelly Point, near the site of the deadly midair ...

CRESCENT CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - Several Putnam County residents say they are not happy about reports of a historic cemetery being cleared and headstones now missing. The Braddock Mason-Denver Cemetery in ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This late 1940’s photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The ...

The capital of Mali witnessed a powerful display of force as a massive military convoy, featuring armored vehicles, artillery, and engineering vehicles, symbolized the growing presence of the Africa ...

"Particularly with some of our older veterans who don’t have permanent markers, it was a great opportunity to get (headstones) for them." The process of obtaining these headstones requires ...

Veterans groups and county leaders still have a long way to go before seeing eye to eye on eligibility for plaque placement on the Honor Wall ... sending it to the chopping block once again. Eric ...

The VA has plans to include veterans who received grave markers before 1996, as well as those buried in overseas cemeteries managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. According to the VA ...

At the beginning of the meeting, the commission presented a recognition of service plaque to Marine City Lions Club Vice President Terry Filo. After 88 years of serving the community, the Marine ...