Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

Vernon Baker finally received a Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II, making him one of the ... mountainous terrain and well-prepared German defenses along the Gothic Line.

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

Halvorson was also present when the German forces surrendered to the American ... favorite stories from Halvorson’s service during WWII was the great lengths he and other soldiers went to ...