World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor include Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. James Doolittle. By Richard Goldstein When Harry S. Truman, a captain in the field artillery during World War ...

Other ribbons trace Yeager’s service through World War II, culminating in the rainbow-accented Victory Medal (fifth row, right), and then Vietnam, where he flew 127 missions and earned the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to a World War II hero from Kentucky who called in artillery fire on his own position to repel an attack by 600 German ...

The World War II Victory Medal was first issued as a service ribbon and in 1946, the medal was established. The medal was awarded to any member of the United States armed services, including members ...