In a gesture of gratitude, Scrap Mart flew the family to San Diego for their national convention to return the medal.

It should’ve been lost forever — crushed in a car shredder. But this World War II Purple Heart refused to be forgotten.

A Purple Heart medal found in a Georgia junkyard is returned to a family member of the World War II veteran who earned the ...

Redesignated the Purple Heart in 1932, it has been known as such ever since. Military service members receive the Purple Heart for being wounded or killed in any military action against an enemy.

Van Der Noord survived — as did three brothers who also served their country in the war — and earned a Purple Heart for the combat injury he suffered in May 1945. This month, as Memorial Day ...

A veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who avoided the Vietnam War due to a ...

Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Garold Hayes’ family was overjoyed when they received the Purple Heart that had been stored in his safe deposit box and left unclaimed for years ...

BOERNE — A new monument honoring Purple Heart recipients was installed this week at Veterans Plaza, thanks to a local effort led by the Purple Heart Project and the Veterans Owned Small Business ...

Three soldiers died and nearly 50 were wounded in the attack, many with traumatic brain injuries and concussions.