James Thomson is turning 100 and still vividly remembers his time serving his country in World War II. The veteran — who was ...

A collection of items from World War II sailor Charles Bonness was headed to the dump. After being saved, they are now part ...

The tribute at Green Hills Recreation Center will honor John Brady Kane and Joseph “Norman” Kane, two brothers who died while serving in Europe during World War II.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs reunited the family of late World War II veteran John L. Moore with his Purple Heart medal during a Tuesday ceremony.

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Good morning, Chicago. 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 ...

But his Purple Heart was missing - until Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs presented it Thursday to Gorski’s grandson, Scott Shawn Gorski Jr. of Geneva. “Mr. Gorski Jr. epitomized the selfless ...

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 ...

The Purple Heart belonging to U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. David T. McMahon is pictured alongside a portrait of him published in The Grand Rapids Press after his death in 1945.

Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of Lansing, received a Purple Heart for the combat injury he suffered in May 1945 during a campaign to liberate the Philippines 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 ...