Czech air sports heroes were held into the spotlight at a gala evening on 28 February in Usti, Czechia. In the presence of distinguished guests, including President Petr Pavel, and FAI Companion of ...

“His skepticism of the brass went back to his own experience in World War II and what he saw up close ... the ethnic German part of Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, if the president went ahead ...

While getting swept up reading about his various assignments as a soldier, thoughts of the Land of Israel and Jews slightly fade into the broader subject of World War II until the Jewish roots of ...

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who gave his life ministering to ...

When Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain Haydn Lea spotted four World War II medals at an auction in Perth late last year, his interest was piqued. "There were four original medals," he told Mark ...

Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung has been awarded a Czech government medal in recognition of his ...

Jim Pillen and honored at a World War II medal presentation ceremony at the Disabled American Veterans in Omaha on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. The ceremony is part of an initiative launched earlier ...

John Hilgert, director of the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs, speaks at a medal ceremony honoring an Omaha World War II veteran. The ceremony is part of an initiative launched earlier ...

Among the men was 23-year-old L/Cpl Frank Boyce who was seriously injured at the start of the operation but bravely continued, earning him a Military Medal. Now The Keep Military Museum in ...

but it looks as though the hasty effort had the unwanted side effect of erasing some of America's greatest heroes -- including at least one Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. According to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are ...