U.S. Army Cpl. Thaddeus Pecorak earned a Bronze Star during the Italian Campaign of WWII. He passed away in 2024 and was ...

The first time 100-year-old Marine Corps veteran Don Graves stepped foot on the island of Iwo Jima, he had a 72-pound flamethrower strapped to his back.

One of area’s oldest World War II vets celebrates 101st birthday in Westminster ...

A World War II veteran is being remembered in Kansas City with the rededication of a memorial bench meant to honor both his service and his personality. KMBC 9 is your home for Missouri breaking news ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – It’s been 80 years since World War II ended, and fewer members of the greatest generation are still here to share their stories. News 4 had the chance to sit down with two ...

WWII veteran Jack Hamlin, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who saved lives on D-Day and from the SS Léopoldville, was honored ...

The Rockford IceHogs honored veterans and active-duty service members Sunday night during Military Appreciation Night at the ...

The 99-year-old served as a corporal in the Army in 1945 and was deployed to the Philippines at the end of World War II. He ...

The Navy veteran, who served aboard USS Pollux in the Pacific, rendered a final salute at Pearl Harbor's 84th commemoration ...

Time is running out for the last living U.S. veterans of World War II. At 102 years old — “103 next month,” he said with a grin — Robert Heiss spends his afternoons playing cribbage and devouring ...

A 99-year-old World War II veteran is fighting to receive the Purple Heart after he was wounded in combat more than 80 years ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. For many veterans, ...