We are forever grateful for his service to his country, his lifelong embodiment of the America spirit, and his support of our mission. 

The George Medal may not be regulation, but for those that received it, it is as real and as earned as any decoration Uncle Sam ever struck in bronze.

Historians have debated the logic of fighting to liberate Brest, with some arguing that it would have made more sense to simply bypass the city and isolate the garrison.

On July 16, 1946, a US Army tribunal at Dachau sentenced 46 members of the Waffen SS to death for crimes committed against Allied POWs and civilians.

Beauford Anderson fought 75 enemies on Okinawa alone, heroics for which he received the Medal of Honor.