Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military award for valor.

Mullin left the military as a lieutenant and returned ... Three of the American-born men who received the Victoria Cross for their actions during WWI did so in the war's final year, 1918.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

A few days later, Runyon recommended Baker for the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest American military decoration ... Black Americans to have their WWII Distinguished Service Cross ...

The M1 Carbine is one of the most recognizable military firearms in the world. Here's an overview of how it works, and how ...

It was a man still carrying a silver cross rosary, a pocket mirror ... 1908 — and the body was identified as a German soldier from World War I, researchers said, confirmed by the discovery ...

It was a man still carrying a silver cross rosary, a pocket mirror ... 1908 — and the body was identified as a German soldier from World War I, researchers said, confirmed by the discovery of his ...

It was the only U.S. military campaign on North American soil during the war ... "We came under fire all the time. The red ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen, has died at 100 years old.

Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.