Ernie Wood awarded rank of Chevalier in French Legion of Honour. It’s not likely that people will start calling him Sir Ernie Wood, but considering the prestigious honour he’s received it would be entirely appropriate.

Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, Ernie Wood has...read more

Almost 70 years later, Vahan Hovey, a World War II veteran, was finally awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor on Thursday, November ,6 at the Oxford Senior Center after many years of not being located due to a simple name change.

The whereabouts of Mr. Hovey remained a mystery for many...read more

It’s been almost 70 years since World War II veteran Harold Schwerdt, 94, served his country, and spent almost two years as a prisoner of war in a German prison camp. Decades, and yet, when Schwerdt tries to talk about his experience, his eyes well up, and he finds the pain of  those memories as...read more

The young sailor likely repeated the simple instructions endlessly in his head as the Greek ship heaved and groaned on a westerly heading through the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

"When you see the green lady in the harbor, that's it," Finn Pedersen had been told. "It" was New York,...read more