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5 days ago · Wilson and Pvt. Philip Shadrach, Union soldiers during the Civil War, will be awarded the Medal of Honor on July 3, 2024, becoming the last of the Andrews’ Raiders to receive the award.
2 days ago · The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
1 day ago · Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory forming a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern ...
14 hours ago · This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. It includes any government-sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government.
5 days ago · Two soldiers from Ohio regiments who participated in a Civil War locomotive chase were finally awarded the Medal of Honor.
4 days ago · National. A Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot receives the Medal of Honor for a daring rescue. “I kind of feel that he was a bit adventurous, a bit of a free spirit,” Taylor said. Shadrach and...
5 days ago · Since most ex-soldiers were at least middle aged, the act became an almost universal entitlement for every veteran. For many decades the federal Government paid claims to all Union veterans of the Civil War and their survivors.
