In 2007, he deployed to Afghanistan as the 70th Engineer Battalion plans officer. During the deployment he was reassigned to head a company-sized anti-improvised explosive device unit that covered ...

Mark Choate, a BYU history professor and retired Army colonel, received the Legion of Merit. Choate was recognized for his diplomatic work, including establishing U.S.-Sudan military relations.

On hand for him to accept the Legion of Merit medal were Matson’s family, his wife, Patricia; son Patrick, 16; and daughters Kathryn, 18, and Sarah, 16. His parents, Jack and Eileen Matson, also ...

Squadron Leader Gerald Bronfman, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was presented with the United States Legion of Merit today, for “outstanding services from June, 1943 to August, 1945 while ...