A WWII veteran’s Purple Heart medal was returned to his grandson after being lost for years. Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord ...

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 ...

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

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of ...

U.S. Sen. Jim Banks and Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker presented the Purple Heart to a military veteran and Summit City ...

Retired U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Oaks, a former military police officer and current Glenville, Pennsylvania resident, was ...

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

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's Purple Heart to his family as part of Operation Purple Heart.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a long-lost Purple Heart to the grandson of Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord, a WWII ...

The discovery of a Purple Heart medal at a Newnan scrapyard has prompted a search for the recipient or next of kin to return the award.

McMahon's Purple Heart was recently saved from a Georgia scrapyard. “A gentlemen that works at the scrapyard, junk yard, he ran across a Purple Heart in a World War 2 case,” local history buff Steve ...

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