CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man is being honored for the price he paid while fighting Nazis during World War II. The Anderson Independent Mail reports 93-year-old George Mitchell on ...

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.

Army Private First Class Raul Herrera Sr. served in World War II and passed away in 1992, but never received the Purple Heart for his wounds endured in service.

The private in Company M scrambled to get ammunition to fellow soldiers on a World War II battlefield in Italy. It was a bloody day on June 10, 1944, as the Allies pushed forward to finish taking ...

May 1, 2013: World War II veteran Charles Bledsoe, 88, left, talks with U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., as he's awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for injuries sustained in combat at the ...

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

GEORGETOWN — In October 1944, a hunk of flying shrapnel ripped into the left side of Joseph Schmidt's chest during the height of World War II fighting to liberate the Philippine island of Leyte ...

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 ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- On April 11, 1944, the . Staff Sgt. Edward Mims, 83, smiles and holds his Purple Heart Medal as well-wishers thank him for his service following a ceremony in his honor at the ...

After racial inequalities prevented World War II veteran Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher from receiving a Purple Heart after his return home, the U.S. Army finally presented the 99-year-old with his ...

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.

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 ...