Most days, you can find Laurent Stemkens at his busy job preparing food in a restaurant kitchen. The amiable, bushy-haired 25 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will present a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in ...

A rare bronze medal awarded to a Scandinavian team for winning a tug-of-war event at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for ...

More than 80 years after being inducted into the U.S. Army, Pedro Vera received the French Legion of Honor— that country’s ...

President Donald Trump will depart the G7 summit in Canada to Washington on Monday night, a day earlier than planned, due to ...

BUDAPEST — Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard took the silver medal in the under-63-kilogram weight class at the world judo ...

As part of Nebraska World War II Recognition Program, Gov. Jim Pillen presented Omaha veteran De Emmett Zerbe with a medal, "celebrating 80 years of victory" since the end of ...

ROANOKE — Monica Bennett received a medal that belonged to a man she never knew, and she got goosebumps.

A Jewish World War II soldier from Michigan is being remembered for his extraordinary heroism that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration.

He was presented an honorary recognition medal for his service.Gov. Jim Pillen plans to honor all living World War II veterans at the Capitol Rotunda in Lincoln on VE Day--May 8th.

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times.

World War II veteran receives medals after nearly 80-year delay 98-year-old Roald Zvonik spent two years on a boat in the Pacific during World War II. To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the ...