James "Jimmy" Twedt, a 17-year-old from Roland, Iowa, was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Twedt, a Navy corpsman, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Brian Lieberman received the Soldier's Medal for saving a gunshot victim during an active shooting at his apartment complex ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Lieberman, assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, received the Soldier’s Medal during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 6, ...

Somewhere in South Korea, Jan. 26, 1957: Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division treat a “wounded” soldier in the field. The medics participated in a field training ...

Career Army veteran Joseph Leuze of Glendale Heights learned in 1977 his uniform was missing a Purple Heart medal he’d apparently been awarded for injuries suffered years earlier in Vietnam. The ...

The ending of Hacksaw Ridgeis a brilliant culmination of the World War II story, yet some questions linger after the credits roll. Hacksaw Ridge was directed by Mel Gibson and stars Andrew Garfield as ...

Walter Knight, 101, pictured in his Colorado Springs home on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medic in the Pacific during World War II. Knight worked as a watchmaker ...

A soldier wounded in Korea in 1951 had better survival odds than soldiers wounded in World War II despite heavier casualties and harsher conditions. The difference was time. Mobile Army Surgical ...

James "Jimmy" Twedt will be honored during the Roland American Legion's Memorial Day service. Twedt was killed in Iwo Jima and was awarded the Navy Cross.