Former WMass Marine pleads guilty to filing false Purple Heart application, disability claim
SPRINGFIELD — A former Marine from Western Massachusetts pleaded guilty this week to fraudulently filing for a Purple Heart ...
Two Jersey Shore veterans get medals they earned the hard way in Vietnam over 50 years ago
Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork ...
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Medal of Honor Month: Remembering Corporal Richard Allen Anderson
Corporal Richard Allen Anderson received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his incredible courage in the face of danger.
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You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
Both the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart came from the Badge of Military Merit. It was the first award meant for enlisted troops. Before this, the only way to recognize heroism by an enlisted ...
‘The air was on fire’ — Army captain recalls 2012 battle in Afghanistan
Army Capt. James McDaniel was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury by doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs after ...
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Fort Carson solider receives Purple Heart for heroic actions in Afghanistan
A Fort Carson soldier has been recognized for his heroic actions during an attack in Afghanistan in 2012. Captain James ...
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Two Jersey Shore veterans get medals they earned the hard way in Vietnam over 50 years ago
His injuries in combat made him eligible to receive a Purple Heart medal. He never got it. Michael Vaccaro knows the feeling. He spent most of 1972 on a dangerous assignment, training villages ...