For 17 years, Joseph Donald said he felt disrespected by the country he had served because he hadn’t received a Purple Heart ...

A former U.S. Marine from western Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to submitting a fake Purple Heart application to the U.S.

A judge demoted a Marine Corps sergeant major to sergeant last month for donning military awards and decorations, such as the ...

SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Marine veteran pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing benefit payments from the Department of Veterans ...

The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

Paul John Herbert, 54, of Shelburne Falls, received more than $344,000 in VA disability benefits by falsely claiming to have been injured by an IED.

SPRINGFIELD — A former Marine from Western Massachusetts pleaded guilty this week to fraudulently filing for a Purple Heart ...

He thought the Marine Corps was the best place to do that ... “One of the guys said, ‘There’s your Purple Heart.’” He also earned a Bronze Star, with a “V” device for valor.

After serving in the Marines from 1989 through 1993, Paul John Herbert, 54, started telling a false story in 2010 about sustaining a traumatic brain injury in a roadside explosion in Iraq, according ...

“In the Marine Corps, if you have time to lean you have ... Chicago honors veterans with ceremony and recognition as Purple Heart City Everything is a team effort for this union guy with a ...