SPRINGFIELD - Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced the return of a Purple Heart medal to the ...

The sound of the seven tolls of an Honor Bell can evoke strong emotion at a veteran’s funeral. But, it’s a sound that was missing from many service members’ burials in southern Colorado.

This story first appeared in the Newnan Times-Herald about a Purple Heart medal found in a local scrapyard. A local historian tracked the name on the medal to David T. McMahon, a World War II pilot ...

The Purple Heart, the oldest American military medal still awarded, honors the brave men and women who have suffered injuries or paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country.

A WWII veteran’s Purple Heart medal was returned to his grandson after being lost for years. Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned the medal for injuries suffered in 1945 during the liberation of ...

Three days later, he was back on duty. Oaks’ injuries during the explosion had earned him the Purple Heart but the medal wasn’t added to his military record. Oaks waited a long time to get his ...

It almost sounds like something out of a movie. A WWII veteran’s Purple Heart, gone for decades, was recently found in Newnan ...

Legendary country singer George Strait recently gifted a U.S. veteran and Purple Heart recipient a new home during a concert in Pittsburgh.

Winnebago County will dedicate a portion of State 21 as a Purple Heart Highway. A public unveiling ceremony will take place ...

Another son, David, said that after his father’s death he put the Purple Heart and other medals in a bank safe-deposit box but lost track of the box. The family assumed the contents of the safe ...

Three soldiers died and nearly 50 were wounded in the attack, many with traumatic brain injuries and concussions.

After a Grand Rapids World War II veteran’s medal was found in a Georgia junk heap, a local historian dug up everything he ...