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CHICAGO (September 21, 2023) – U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone has been named a recipient of the Women Business Collaborative (WBC) Trailblazer in Gender Equity and Diversity award, which recognizes individual leaders who have implemented innovative change within their own communities and far beyond. Cone’s recognition comes for her work and leadership toward the […]
EL PASO, TX—Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey R. Downey announced Monica Tucker, founder of the Black Roundtable and Black El Paso Voice has been selected for the 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for the FBI El Paso Field Office. Mrs. Tucker was chosen based on her development of multiple forums to provide information and […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for holding off an attack to allow an American squad to withdraw during the Korean War, has died. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that Miyamura died Tuesday at his home in Phoenix. He was […]
THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION Staff Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an infantry squad leader with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, near Phu Huu 2, Kim Son Valley, Republic of Vietnam, on Dec. 1, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday. A date and other details will be announced later, Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday. A date and other details will be announced later, Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement. […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announced at a memorial on Sunday where Williams was remembered for his courage, humility and selflessness. “He never quit giving back,” said Manchin. That included […]
Inaugural grant awarded to the HealthTree Foundation, a pioneering non-profit organisation whose proposal will address disparities in care in multiple myeloma. GSK plc today announced the first recipient of the Target the Future Think Tank Challenge £70,000 (equivalent to approximately $100,000) grant to the HealthTree Foundation, a non-profit organisation helping patients learn more about their […]
Fort Lee soon may be known as Fort Gregg-Adams, renamed for two African American officers who excelled in logistics, instead of the general who led the Confederate army against the Union in the Civil War. A commission Congress created to recommend new titles for nine U.S. Army bases — including three in Virginia — chose […]
A future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad, after Fireman 2nd Class Telesforo De La Cruz Trinidad, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Thursday. Trinidad was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 21, 1915, aboard the USS San Diego, a 12,000-ton armored cruiser that was the flagship […]