Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest ship
Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr. went to work.
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‘Take her down!’ WWII submarine skipper sacrificed with final order
Shot and clinging to the boat's bridge frame, submarine commander Howard W. Gilmore's gave his final order.
This tank commander fought off 250 enemy troops in the Korean War
Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Ernest Kouma fought with his armored back to the wall along the Naktong River.
Marine corporal awarded Navy Cross 55 years after Vietnam heroics
"How 'bout them Jarheads."
Remains of missing World War II soldier set to return home
U.S. Army Private William Calkins was captured by Japanese forces and died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines in 1942 at the age of 20.
Medic in the Mekong: A soldier’s valor under fire in Vietnam
Medal of Honor recipient Spc. Clarence Sasser saw nothing 'above and beyond' in what he did during a Vietnam firefight. His comrades thought otherwise.
Mustard gas, no mask: This WWI corpsman somehow survived Belleau Wood
Wounds and mustard gas could not stop Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Orlando Petty in 1918, but they may have caught up with him in 1932.
WWII sergeant whose plane was shot down over Germany returned home
U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald V. Banta, 21, was laid to rest in southern California after being killed in action 80 years ago in Germany.
Remains of airman from World War II bombing mission identified
U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph H. Bode was a 20-year-old tail gunner aboard a B-24H Liberator when it was shot down over Kassel, Germany, in 1944.
Pentagon to review 20 Medals of Honor from Wounded Knee Massacre
A panel of five experts will determine by Oct. 15 whether the medals should be retained or rescinded.
Navy clears Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 deadly blast
Surviving Black sailors of the Port Chicago explosion had to pick up human remains and clear the blast site while white officers were granted leave.
Archeologists find musket balls from early Revolutionary War battle
Nearly 250 years ago, militiamen fired a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major Revolutionary War battles.
Remains of Bataan Death March POW returned home
U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers was held at the Cabanatuan prison camp where more than 2,500 POWs died.
Survivors of Vietnam’s deadly battles on the life-changing toll of war
Long after the battles are over, survivors of the Vietnam War recount how the experience stays still with them, and how it changed their lives.
Vietnam veterans recount their missions through the deadly jungle
Veterans of the Vietnam War’s long-range reconnaissance patrols recount their missions through the jungle, where they faced far more than just the enemy.
Vietnam vets recall what it was like to lose brothers in combat
Veterans of LRRP units talk about how they got into the military, and took jobs in Long Range Recon — one of the most dangerous jobs in Vietnam.
Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal laid on Omaha Beach
U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on the beach where he came ashore and was wounded.
