Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol in recognition of their “military service and exemplary record during World War II.” Former ...

Civil Air Patrol pilots head to their planes for the morning anti-submarine coastal ... he said he will be traveling to the nation's capital to take part in the awarding of the medal on Dec. 10.

Because of those war efforts, Congress in 2014 authorized Congressional Gold Medals to be awarded to the nearly 200,000 civilians who served the U.S. as part of the Civil Air Patrol and Civil ...

The Civil Air Patrol during World War II. Now, members who served during that time are being awarded with the Congressional Gold Medal. JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — Though decades have ...

More than 75 years after she joined the Civil Air Patrol to serve her country during World War II, 2nd Lt. Mary Pat Shely was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Sunday in Lexington.

Bryan Lush of Cumru Township, center, accepts the Civil Air Patrol Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded to his great uncle, Paul I. Reed, from Tom Gerhard, deputy district director for U ...

A major step in the campaign to secure a Congressional Gold Medal recognizing Civil Air Patrol members' service during World War II recently was taken when the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the ...

MILFORD -- Alec Albright is a young man with a mission. Albright, 14 and a freshman at Notre Dame High School in West Haven, is working to have the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to members of ...

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine Civil Air Patrol pilot who few anti-submarine patrols during World War II has been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. The daughter of the late Walter Soule accepted the ...