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Remains of WWII Medal of Honor Recipient, Killed as a POW, Finally Comes Home

After more than 80 years, Army veteran Willibald Bianchi was properly identified using advanced forensic science. Next May, ...
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World War II Medal of Honor recipient to return home for burial, 80 years after his death

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 ...

Lawmaker pushing to rename TN post office after World War II Medal of Honor recipient

The congressman is pushing for the Columbia Post Office to be renamed in honor of WWII hero John Harlan Willis.
Task & Purpose

USNS Harvey Milk renamed for Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will have a new namesake: Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor ...
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DOD agency identifies missing remains of Medal of Honor recipient killed in 1945

NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, Hawaii — The Defense Department announced Friday that it had identified the missing remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in the Philippines ...
Military Times

Meet the youngest Medal of Honor recipient since the Civil War

One of the first waves of Marines to hit the beach hug the ground as they land on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. (INP pool/AP) On Oct. 5, 1945, President Harry S. Truman placed the Medal of Honor around ...