Purple Heart returned to World War II vet’s family 35 years after his death

A lost Purple Heart medal was given back to a World War II veteran’s family 35 years after his death just in time for Veteran ...

80 years later, family of late Missouri WWII veteran receive his service medals

This week, Congressman Sam Graves presented military service medals to the family of the late Marvin William Speiser. Speiser served in the US Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner in 1943.
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‘It shouldn’t be a mystery:’ Fort Bliss soldier pieces together great uncle’s WWII service, receives missing medals

Sgt. Reece Martin had known for most of his life that his great uncle fought on the beaches of France during the D-Day invasion of June 1944 and died about a week later in battle. But there was little ...
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Mission to Remember: Local WWII veterans receive lost forgotten medals

Three local World War II veterans received special recognition for their service this weekend — thanks to one man’s mission ...

3 WWII veterans from Boston, Massachusetts posthumously awarded Bronze Star Medal

The U.S. Army posthumously awarded three Bronze Star Medals this week to World War II veterans from Charlestown, honoring their heroism and sacrifice ahead of Veterans Day.
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With fake weapons and phony uniforms, they helped win WWII. Now, they're finally getting medals.

Congress this week will bestow its highest civilian honor – the Congressional Gold Medal – on men who have been called combat con artists. They’re the soldiers of a long-secret unit known as the ...

3 Charlestown WWII vets who died in combat awarded Bronze Star Medals

Three Charlestown men who died in WWII were remembered, honored, and posthumously awarded Bronze Star medals on Sunday at a dinner ceremony hosted by three of the city’s veteran groups. John J. Noonan ...