where they received the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. "The unit was disbanded at Fort Dix, New Jersey ...

Sgt. Reece Martin wanted to know more about his uncle, Lawrence Martin, who landed in France on D-Day and died in action 10 days later. So he spent years finding out. Last week, on the 84th ...

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington offers patriotic displays of soldiers who performed extraordinary acts of bravery in combat, meriting the highest United States military honor.

Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit ... denied to Black troops who served in World War II. If Woodson is awarded the Medal of Honor, it would be the “final step ...

1939-1945 Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal, The Africa Star and The Italy Star. Also included is the 24-year-old's 8th Army Bar - which would be added to The Africa Star - and a book about ...

an Africa Star, an Italy Star, a Defence Medal and a War Medal. Image caption, Mr Laughlin received a1939-45 Star, an Africa Star, an Italy Star, a Defence Medal and a War Medal. D-Day was the ...

He also learned that when the World War II African American honorees received their Medals of Honor at the White House in 1997, six posthumously, PFC James was represented by his young widow and ...