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Fort Walker, named in 2023 after Civil War Union surgeon Mary Walker, will revert back to Fort A.P. Hill. For her family, the ...
Each year, the Host Committee for the Medal of Honor Celebration works with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to select four individuals who, through their life's work, promote and ...
Waynesburg will dedicate a sign honoring hometown hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Joseph J. Cicchetti. Cicchetti, who died at 21 during World War II, saved 14 fellow soldiers while ...
The Medal of Honor, on the other hand, dates back to the 1860s and is awarded specifically to members of the United States Armed Forces for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of ...
Army Rangers from WWII, including Sgt. Joseph Drake of Hawley were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D ...
Fort Gregg-Adams has been redesignated as Fort Lee, honoring Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Private Fitz Lee, born in Dinwiddie County, served in the Spanish ...
At 100 years old, World War II veteran Sgt. Joseph Drake of Hawley is a living testament to courage and sacrifice, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. said this week.
He is one of 30 Buffalo Soldiers to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. To be clear, Fitz Lee has no familial connections to Robert E. Lee, so in restoring the name Lee to the Prince George ...
Fitz Lee, a Medal of Honor recipient born in 1866 in Dinwiddie County, is the new namesake for Fort Lee, the former Fort Gregg-Adams, in Prince George County.