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Bastrop post office to be named for war hero Waugh on Tuesday
Bastrop post office on Main Street to be named for war hero and city native Sgt. Maj. Billy D. Waugh on Tuesday.
'Father Anonymous,' play written by Roslyn professor, tells story of forgotten Revolutionary War hero
A Roxbury, Mass., native, the Harvard-educated Warren was one of the earliest leaders of the American Revolution, friends ...
Family receives World War II hero’s Purple Heart at ceremony in Geneva
Edward Gorski Jr.’s Purple Heart medal was returned by the Illinois treasurer’s office to the World War II veteran’s grandson ...
No, Not That Lee. Pentagon Finds Black Hero to Rechristen Base Long Named for Robert E.
The Army unveiled a list of seven installations that the Trump administration is reverting, sort of, to earlier names ...
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When Greek War of Independence Heroes Visited Iconic Ship USS Constitution
The USS Constitution had three distinguished visitors during the War of Independence in 1827 -Kolokotronis, Canaris and Lord ...
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The Bell H-13 “Sioux” Helicopter Was the Unsung Hero of the Korean War
The H-13’s most iconic role was as a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) bird—famously featured as such in the opening credits of ...
Revolutionary War veterans fought for the nation and pushed for a pension
The lack of pensions for Revolutionary War veterans was a national shame so profound that President James Monroe included it ...
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As the Trump administration rebrands several military bases, the legacy of Albany World War I hero Henry Johnson is a casualty
Albany World War I hero Sgt. Henry Johnson’s legacy is among the casualties as the Trump administration renames seven ...
Reporter's Notebook: Recalling an American WWII hero who helped fight off Nazi forces during Normandy invasion
Eighty-one years after William Owens helped stop Nazi forces in Normandy, the Army posthumously awarded him the Distinguished ...
Trump military parade: Soldiers march through the streets of Washington
The United States is to mark the army’s 250th anniversary with a military parade through the streets of Washington DC today, ...
Trump renaming military base named after Central NY woman who received Medal of Honor
Fort Walker will return to being known as Fort A.P. Hill, originally named after Ambrose Powell Hill, a Confederate general ...
Opinion
World’s most powerful ex-New Yorker gets a DC military parade, not a ticker-tape celebration in Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes
A Washington, D.C., parade celebrating an unappreciated New Yorker who years ago decamped to Florida and Washington is a pale imitation of the Canyon of Heroes, where New Yorkers honor beloved leaders ...