Just a few days after turning 100, Tony Battaglia shared his recollections as a U.S. Army medic serving in the embattled Aleutian Islands during World War II. "It was a long time ago," the Honesdale ...

James "Jimmy" Twedt, a 17-year-old from Roland, Iowa, was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Twedt, a Navy corpsman, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his ...

Master Sgt. Charles Norman Shay was a combat medic with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division who fought on D-Day at Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. His legacy as a medic, warrior and tireless advocate ...

Undesirable Secrets, the gripping one-person drama based on the true story of Mexican American WWII combat medic and Holocaust survivor Anthony Acevedo, will take center stage in Lubbock this March as ...

Somewhere in South Korea, Jan. 26, 1957: Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division treat a “wounded” soldier in the field. The medics participated in a field training ...

The ending of Hacksaw Ridgeis a brilliant culmination of the World War II story, yet some questions linger after the credits roll. Hacksaw Ridge was directed by Mel Gibson and stars Andrew Garfield as ...

Walter Knight, 101, pictured in his Colorado Springs home on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a medic in the Pacific during World War II. Knight worked as a watchmaker ...