Thomas F. Joyner
30th Division
120th Infantry
Company B
Tom Joyner from Nash County NC served in France from May 12, 1918 to Apr 11, 1919. Tom’s son saw an article in the paper about the Veterans Day ceremony where the Veterans’ Legacy Foundation presented the descendent of the WWI veteran a Purple Heart for wounds received during the war. The son knew his father had been wounded. (more…)
Alfred P. Page
U.S. Army Air Service
3rd Regiment Air Service Mechanics
16th Company
The daughter of WWI veteran Alfred Page read an article where the Veterans’ Legacy Foundation presented a North Carolina WWI Service Medal to a family member of a veteran and wanted to know if she may be able to have one for her father. (more…)
Joseph F. Greene
82nd Infantry Division
325th Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion
Company M
Joseph Greene’s daughter knew that her father was wounded in WWI. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces and fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was wounded during the battle in October of 1918. His daughter received his Purple Heart, WWI Victory Medal with France Service and Meuse-Argonne Battle clasps and the North Carolina WWI Service Medal at a ceremony at the North Carolina State Capitol. (more…)
Harvard B. Gardner
Army Medical Corps
Harvard Gardner waited for awards he earned for over 60 years. With so many were separating from military service at the time and the military’s supply simply ran out. (more…)
Hastin C. Edwards
1st Marine Division
2nd Battalion
7th Marine Regiment
Company F
Hastin Edwards from Virginia served with the United States Marine Corps during WWII. (more…)
Joseph E. Ford
2nd Infantry Division
15th Field Artillery Battalion
Joe Ford served in Korea and was assigned to the 15th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B. He was wounded during an enemy engagement on February 12th 1951, when an enemy shell exploded near his position, hit by the shrapnel in the right hip. (more…)
Mildred J. Warner
Army Nurse Corps
Mildred Warner finally receives medals she did not know she was eligible for at age 92. Warner, a Pennsylvania native, graduated from the McKeesport School of Nursing in the fall of 1940. She couldn’t take her state boards to get her RN license until the following year because you had to be 21 and she was just 20 at the time. The following year on Dec. 7 came the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and she decided to join the Army Nurse Corps very much against her father’s wishes. (more…)
William P. Norris
1st Marine Division
7th Marine Regiment
Company D
William Norris served in Korea during the war and wanted his awards updated. (more…)
Edward H. Smith
23rd Infantry Division (Americal)
3rd Battalion/1st Infantry
11th Light Infantry Brigade
Company A
Edward Smith, a veteran of Vietnam, was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 2 April 1971; however it was not indicated on his discharge papers. (more…)