Hawaii December 6, 2019 Pearl Harbor shooting won't disrupt plans for annual commemoration of 1941 attack, memorial spokesman says The 78th-anniversary commemoration of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor will go on as planned Saturday, a spokesperson for the base said Thursday, one day after a sailor shot and killed two civilians and critically wounded a third before fatally shooting himself at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Wednesday.Â
Proud American November 11, 2019 Virginia veteran, 93, who dropped out of high school to fight in WWII, gets honorary diploma James Yarbrough, during a Veterans Day ceremony, was left in tears fulfilling a lifelong dream. The 93-year-old veteran from Virginia was finally getting a diploma, more than 75 years after World War II interrupted his education.
Honors November 11, 2019 Medal of Honor recipient's Purple Heart purchased at gun show, donated to school decades after it vanished A Purple Heart belonging to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient from Texas that had been lost for decades was bought by a woman at a gun show on Long Island, N.Y., this past September for $60 -- and on Friday, she donated it to a Texas school bearing the name of the honoree.
Honors October 31, 2019 Medal of Honor recipients are inspiring students with lessons on patriotism, sacrifice The Medal of Honor Character Development Program has taught students about courage, integrity, commitment, sacrifice, citizenship and patriotism.
Afghanistan October 30, 2019 President Trump presents Medal of Honor to Green Beret for 2008 Afghanistan heroics President Trump awarded the highest military honor on Wednesday evening to an Army Green Beret who fought his way up a frozen mountain in Afghanistan to help rescue wounded comrades during a mission to kill or capture a terrorist leader.
MILITARY October 30, 2019 War dog in Baghdadi raid, other military pooches are specially trained from birth to serve alongside troops Amid a U.S. military operation shrouded in mystery, the brightest spotlight has shone on the K-9 injured in the mission to take out ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with the very good boy emerging as the tail-wagging totem of a very good mission and earning praise from no less than President Trump.
Fox Nation October 17, 2019 US Marine critically wounded after jumping on grenade has message for Americans: 'You are worth it' Retired Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter reflected on his time serving in Afghanistan and discussed how he turned his injury into opportunity in his new memoir, "You Are Worth It."
Veterans September 26, 2019 Pearl Harbor Survivors Association holds final meeting in San Diego: report The San Diego chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, one of the largest in the nation, held its final meeting on Saturday with only seven service members in attendance, according to a report.
Veterans September 15, 2019 Pearl Harbor sailors laid to rest on same day in NJ, Kansas 78 years after 1941 attack The remains of two U.S. military veterans who were killed in Pearl Harbor on the same day in 1941 have finally been laid to rest — also on the same day, nearly 78 years later.
Proud American September 13, 2019 Lauren Bruner, one of last survivors of USS Arizona, dies at 98 Lauren Bruner, one of the last four survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941, died Tuesday in California. He was 98.
Proud American September 8, 2019 Two sisters make Army history after both attain general's rank For the first time in the US Army's 244 year history, two sisters have attained the rank of general.