He distributes clothing to military and cadets and helps past military members obtain medals ... of Military Merit and Minister of Veterans Affairs commendation. A 47-year Legion member, he ...

Young men and women, in the last year of high school and deciding what direction to go in life, face hard decisions. This past weekend, many of those young men and women from around the region ...

The French government is preparing to present Alan Kinder, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, with the Legion of Honor, the European country’s highest decoration.

Jimi Hendrix, the world-famous electric guitarist whose innovative style forever shaped the rock-music landscape, was posthumously honored with a Washington state Medal of Merit at the Capitol on ...

28—Area veterans and loved ones joined American Legion ... Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Military Merit Medal and the ...

The Star-Banner has reviewed the resumes of the seven candidates hoping to become Marion County's interim school superintendent. The candidates applied before the April 10 deadline. Individual school ...

and he served on the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons. For his outstanding military service Walter received two Legion of Merit Medals, a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service ...

received the Legion of Merit and a Purple Heart as well as the French Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. In the years after WWI, Wood Sr. was instrumental in the creation of the American Legion.

Previous Medal of Merit winners include the Native American treaty-rights activist and environmental leader Billy Frank, Jr. and glass-sculpture guru Dale Chihuly. Hendrix was born in the Emerald ...

He was a recipient of the Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Army Meritorious Service Medal (with Two Oak Leaf ... A member of the American Wine Society, he was the owner of La Rue Vineyard, in ...

According to the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame, Charles Rogers was the “highest-ranking African American ... the Legion of Merit and a Purple Heart. Rogers won the Medal of Honor after ...