Edward Gorski Jr.’s Purple Heart medal was returned by the Illinois treasurer’s office to the World War II veteran’s grandson ...

As part of the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Division during World War II, Pfc. Edward Gorski Jr. was in a foxhole in Germany ...

On Washington’s 200th birthday in 1932, President Herbert Hoover authorized the wearing of the Purple Heart medal to any service member awarded the Meritorious Service Citation Certificate or ...

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

Days shy of his 101st birthday, Sgt. Harold "Bud" Pressel stood in front of a full house at the American Legion in Dallastown to receive a Purple Heart – eight decades after he was wounded ...

Eighty years overdue, centenarian Harold “Bud” Pressel received a Purple Heart during a ceremony in late January at the Dallastown American Legion Hall. About a decade ago, he believed he ...

BOERNE — A new monument honoring Purple Heart recipients was installed this week at Veterans Plaza, thanks to a local effort ...

Purple Heart and Bronze Medal of Valor Recipient ... in honor of what have been his recently-deceased mother’s 70th birthday. (Raffique Khan is seen here with his Dodge Durango) Assignment ...

They emerged from bloody battles with shattered bones, lost limbs, scars and, for some, emotional wounds that would last a lifetime. All were young but ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for ...

Gabe Amo (D-RI), along with Lincoln Town Administrator Philip Gould, celebrated the 100th birthday of Private ... Gray also received two Purple Hearts, one for sustaining an injury that required ...