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A military veteran who earned a Purple Heart as a combat soldier harvested what may be the largest black bear in Louisiana during the state's first hunting season in two generations.

The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in service. It is the nation’s oldest military award, introduced by General George Washington in 1782.

A WWII veteran’s sons hope to give his long-lost Purple Heart medal to his grandson, who also served in the Army and had a special bond with him.

Gorski received the Purple Heart. He survived the war and went on to get married and have a family — a daughter and four sons. He died of a heart attack in 1993 at 67 at his home in Westmont.

KITTERY, Maine — Maine’s oldest incorporated community is the newest Purple Heart town. Members of the Kittery Town Council unanimously voted to have the town christened with the title at its ...

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. On ...

Army veteran and Dakota Wesleyan alum Jerry Stravia IV stands with his wife Rebecca and children Regan, Jerry Stravia V, Finley and Graclyn as Sen. Mike Rounds presents him with the Purple Heart ...

But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple Heart medal, which honors service members wounded or killed in combat.

A Purple Heart is awarded only to those individuals who sustain injury or are killed in the course of performing duties while a “member of an armed force” or to a civilian who is injured or ...

Purple Heart Day. Every Aug. 7 since 2014 has been recognized as Purple Heart Day. It’s an unofficial holiday, so government offices, businesses and stock markets will be open.