Shadow Box Military Gear keeps the memories of veteran's service alive year-round by building custom-made shadow boxes and on Veterans Day that call to remembrance is more important than ever.

The shadow box given to retired Lt. Col. Robert E. Cole, a B-25 Mitchell bomber co-pilot and survivor of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, from the 28th Operations Group, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

As with just about everything else in the military, the history and rituals surrounding medals are highly elaborate and often very stringent. There are rules and ceremonies involved with the ...