"Every day is Memorial Day for those of us that served in combat," said Army Ranger veteran Mark Sheridan, an 83-year-old Purple Heart recipient.

The term “Decoration Day” increasingly gave way to “Memorial Day,” a switch that Congress enshrined in law in 1967. The following year, Congress decreed that, as of 1971, Memorial Day is ...

The remains of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., a bombardier from Livermore who went missing in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, arrived back in the Bay Area Friday ahead ...