This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honors World War II vets in Omaha and Bellevue ceremonies
Eighty years after World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen created a medal to honor living veterans of the war. This week he visited ...
Photos: Omaha World War II vet honored as part of Nebraska initiative
Carl Schrat, a World War II veteran who served in the navy, was joined by Gov. Jim Pillen and honored at a World War II medal ...
Yorker's B-24 Liberator was shot down bombing Germany. See him finally get a Purple Heart
Harold Pressel received a Purple Heart during a ceremony in late January at the Dallastown American Legion Hall, 80 years after a doomed bombing run ...
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Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family
A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...
Fort Bragg going back to its original name. Is this Georgia Army base next?
On his first day in the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred to Georgia's Fort Moore by its original name, Fort ...
Raleigh among fastest-growing cities in the U.S. — but not in the way you think
Raleigh has been riding a population boom for years, and along with that is a construction craze that's among the most active ...
Daughter of WWII veteran Roland Bragg reacts to Fort Liberty name change: 'Very proud of my father'
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. -- When Debra Sokoll first heard Fort Liberty would be renamed after her father, Pfc. Roland Bragg, she ...
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Pete Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and declares, 'Bragg is back!'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...
Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...