The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members ...

The salute continued to be used across the US with no controversy until World War II when the US entered the war against the axis powers, including Germany and Italy. With discomfort growing in ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today, we salute WWII Veteran Cliff Beupre. Cliff served in the Coast Guard and traveled ...

WWII veteran and Lynchburg native John Burch ... When they brought his gurney, I gave him the final salute," Stokes said.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)-- The honors were late but still well-received Wednesday for members of the first all-African-American, all-female unit to serve overseas in World War II. During the war ...

It is very hard right now to admire or like the United States, a country whose rulers ... gesture in public that closely resembled the Nazi salute, sending shock waves around the world.