A standing room only crowd today in an entryway of the U.S. Capitol watched Japanese American veterans of World War II accept the Congressional Gold Medal. They were the fighting men of the 100th ...
World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...
EAST MOLINE, Ill. — After nearly 80 years, a World War II veteran is getting the medals he earned for his service, but never received. Roald Zvonik spent two years on a boat in the Asiatic-Pacific ...