Leonard F Pryor's medals "were passed to me a few years ago, as his namesake," his great-grandson Leonard Lawson told Newsweek.

The New Zealand Defence Force was able to put Chaplain Lea in touch with Billy's grand-niece Karen Curtis, who was delighted ...

Vicente Jimenez joined the Navy at age 17 in 1943. All told, his military service in three wars spanned more than 20 years.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the ...

the Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal, the WWII Victory medal, as well as the honorable service lapel pin and honorable discharge button. Marasco proudly served his county as a Navy deckhand.

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 ...