More than 100 years after being wounded in World War I’s largest battle, Pvt. Alonzo Stanton has finally been recognized with ...

On June 23, 2025, the story of a decorated military veteran allegedly forced by an ultimatum from Immigration and Customs ...

Nearly 81 years to the date after 20-year-old Army Pfc. John L. Moore was wounded while fighting to liberate Europe during WWII, the Purple Heart he earned that day is now in the hands of his only ...

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

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's lost Purple Heart to his family in a ceremony, marking the 15th such return ...

In 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and noncommissioned officers.

On December 7, 1941, Albert R. Harp, was living in Wibaux where he was operating a coal mine with his brother. His first wife was terminally ill with leukemia and passed away in April 1942. Two ...

JONESBURG, Mo. — Tossed inside a scrap car and nearly destroyed, a World War II Purple Heart defied the odds — surviving steel, time and memory to find its way home. At Scrap Mart Metals in ...

JONESBURG, Mo. (KSDK/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - In an extraordinary twist of fate, a World War II Purple Heart medal has been discovered intact amidst the chaos of a Missouri scrap yard, sparking a ...