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

The Purple Heart is awarded to those killed or wounded ... The USO, he said, "is sending these stickers to millions of people across the USA for the purpose of a fundraiser ...

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

Five Hawaiian men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II were recognized with posthumous Purple Heart medals nearly 80 years after their plane crashed in the final ...

Justin Oaks, a former military police officer and current Greenville, Pennsylvania resident, was presented the Purple Heart nearly 20 years after he earned it during combat in Iraq. With help from ...

For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock from preparations for the invasion of Japan that was expected to cost ...

The Army now recognizes a perforated eardrum as a qualifying combat-related injury for award of the Purple Heart, according to a new MILPER message released this month. The change went into effect ...

GENEVA, Ill. — 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 native ...

Instead, it has turned into a bit of a mystery. After a Purple Heart military medal was found in a deceased Iowan's safe-deposit box, State Treasurer Roby Smith arranged to return the unclaimed ...