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WWII soldiers receive Purple Hearts 79 years after fatal plane crash
Five Hawaii men, who served as Japanese-language linguists, received the medals posthumously decades after they died in the final moments of WWII.
A Marine combat instructor shielded his student from a grenade with his body — and survived
When then-Sgt. Brett Meil saw a student inadvertently activate a grenade during infantry training, he covered him with his body and prepared to die.
The Holocaust survivor who became a Medal of Honor recipient
Tibor Rubin had a history of defying the Reaper.
By Jon Guttman