The Senate unanimously passed a bill to award Merrill's Marauders Congress' highest honor for the "heroic unit's extraordinary efforts and sacrifices during World War II."
Since 1944, the final resting place of the USS Johnston was unknown, however, a secretive search effort was underway financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney has given replacement military medals to a woman and her father after the original medals were stolen from a trailer outside a veteran organization in Wyoming.
By C. Todd Lopez A new book featuring many previously unseen images from World War II reveals how important photographers of the Army Signal Corps were to the war effort and how significant to history the collection of Signal Corps images stored at the National Archives is. "The Army Signal Corps...
The event which would later enter into American lore and legend began on November 8th when an eight-ton Sperm whale washed up on shore in the town of Florence, Oregon.
If awarded, a single gold medal will be created in honor of women collectively known as "Rosie the Riveter" and given to the National Museum of American History.