One year of World War II put enough American fighters into action to earn for them more than 3.838 medals.* Army heroes won 2,298; the Navy’s, 1,388; Marines, 147; Coast Guard, 5. Most decorated ...

Dig deeper still. A century ago, on a cold, gray autumn day, Army and Navy played football at Municipal Stadium before a shivering crowd of 80,000 — the largest ever to watch a sporting event in ...