‘I Want My Purple Heart:’ WWII Veteran Pushes for Medal He Said Earned 80 Years Ago Glenn Fisher was wounded in combat in 1945, but eight decades later, he's still waiting for his Purple Heart.
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Fight for Valor: Vietnam Veteran Battles to Get War Hero Medal of Honor Is Marine Corps pilot Francis Cuddy deserving of the nation's highest military honor? Fellow Vietnam veteran David Zartarian...
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Japanese American Interned During World War II Receives Congressional Honor Despite spending three years in an internment camp, Raymond Setsuda served during the Korean War. More than 70 years later...
Honor Under Fire: ODU Cadets Receive Army Recognition for Bravery and Sacrifice Army ROTC cadets at Old Dominion stopped a campus shooter and later received Meritorious Service Medals and Purple Hearts for...
'Exceptional Courage': USO Announces its 2026 Service Members of the Year This year's crop of USO honorees saved motorcycle crash victims, rescued bodies underwater, saved civilians from a building...
South Korea Honors POW Veteran with ‘Ambassador for Peace’ Medal Army veteran Gene Ramos, 92, received a special honor from South Korea, hoping more POWs can get the recognition they deserve...
US Army Bestows First Julia Compton Moore Award for Spouse Appreciation The Army’s new Julia Compton Moore Lifetime Achievement Award honors military spouses’ service. Amy Mingus is the first...
Three Wars. Three Heroes. One Medal of Honor. Three soldiers in World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan received the nation's highest honor.
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These Actors Grew Up as Military Children. It Shaped Everything These 10 actors were raised in military families. Their upbringing didn’t just shape their lives—it still influences how they...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-04/bazooka_joe_1_.jpg?itok=7Y8QLhcb "World War II veteran "Bazooka" Joe Pietroforte. (Facebook)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-04/cuddy_1_.jpg?itok=sVnZ05nT "Army veteran David Zartarian holds a photo of Col. Francis "Frank" Cuddy. (Nora Lewis/University of Rhode Island)")
![This year's USO 2026 "Service Members of the Year." (USO)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/smoy_2026_banner_16x9.jpg?itok=gd4OE4hQ "This year's USO 2026 "Service Members of the Year." (USO)")
