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

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

A former U.S. Marine from western Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to submitting a fake Purple Heart application to the U.S. Marine Corps through his local Congressman, and falsely claimed injury from ...

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, Mass. (WWLP) – A former U.S. Marine has pleaded guilty after an investigation found he applied for benefits with false information regarding injuries he received in the line of duty.

With World War II raging in Europe and the Pacific, Robert Boyd’s widowed mother wasn’t too keen on letting her 17-year-old son join the Marines. He had quit high school for a union job to ...

A U.S. Marine veteran pleaded guilty on March 11 to stealing benefit payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs and ...