U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Delbert G. Tuttle earned the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for wounds he suffered in the Battle of Saipan in the Pacific Theater, on June 15, 1944.

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during ...

The return of John L. Moore's Purple Heart was presented Wednesday morning at the World War II Memorial in front of the ...

In a heartfelt ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Decatur, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple ...

Denied Purple Heart, North Dakota World War II vet who treated own battle wounds honored Kindred native Vern Otterson said he was in such a hurry to bandage himself up and prevent too much blood ...

Decades after Lee Vernon Newby Jr. was one of the first Black recruits to break the color barrier in the Marine Corps, he and his family are still fighting for recognition.

The state of Illinois has returned a Purple Heart medal to the daughter of a Marine who was wounded in the invasion of Saipan during World War II.

U.S. Air Force Major Gen. David Lyons pinned the Purple Heart onto Harold “Bud” Pressel’s baby blue sweater in the hall of Post 605 of the American Legion in Dallastown Wednesday morning ...

As Memorial Day neared, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a long-unclaimed Purple Heart to the firstborn grandchild of a WWII veteran.

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 ...

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 when he was injured on May 2, 1945. Enemy fire struck, and the 19-year ...