The ceremony, however, was unusual in one respect: Hardly any of the honorees took the stage to accept their awards. Instead, ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A movement is underway calling on President Donald Trump to recognize an American hero from ...

Had former Urbana High School history teacher Charles Carpenter talked about his own experiences, which many combat veterans don’t until they get much older, he would have told quite a ...

McGregor was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 and deployed to Europe in 1944, helping liberate cities in Nazi-occupied ...

The Illinois treasurer’s office returned a Purple Heart Thursday to the grandson of a WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran. Private First-Class Edward Gorski Jr., a Chicago ...

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs today returned a lost Purple Heart medal to the grandson of a World War II veteran who earned it while ...

Michael Gronsky, who will turn 100 years old June 12, received a hero’s welcome. A parade and recognition ceremony took place ...

He was awarded two Bronze Star medals; the American Campaign Medal; the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; the World War II Victory Medal; the Army of Occupation Medal with German ...

The remaining soldiers were sent back to the U.S. in February 1946, where they received the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, and the World War ...