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Retired U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Oaks, a former military police officer and current Glenville, Pennsylvania resident, was ...
POLICE PURPLE HEART MEDALS WERE BESTOWED UPON OFFICERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, OR WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WE POLICE IN DIFFICULT TIMES, AND THIS CITY IS VERY ...
A WWII veteran’s Purple Heart medal was returned to his grandson after being lost for years. Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord ...
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 suburban Lansing was hit with shrapnel during a key battle on the island ...
On Monday, the anniversary of the day Forsythe was shot, Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn presented a law enforcement Purple Heart medal to him. Police did not indicate a reason why it took ...
As a kid, I spent a lot of time thinking about the U.S. military — not just because I grew up during the Cold War and there ...
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a long-lost Purple Heart to the grandson of Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord, a WWII ...
The names on the Coffee County War Memorial represent the brave soldiers from the community who gave their lives.
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 ...