OXFORD, N.Y. (WBNG) -- 93-year-old Ronald DePersis received his long-awaited Purple Heart at the New York State Veterans Home ...

Seventy years after the Korean War ended, veteran Earl Meyer is still waiting for his Purple Heart. The 96-year-old Minnesotan can still feel the shrapnel that remains lodged in his leg that he says ...

Born in 1925, Preacher served in France from 1944 to 1946. On April 3, 2025, he lost his home in a tornado. In the months that followed, he was forced to live on the couch of a relative while ...

Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War -- he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh.But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still ...

A cold case sees progress in Southern West Virginia, as groups gathered November 7 to search for a missing soldier.

The Purple Heart Medal is linked to the Badge of Military Merit established by George Washington during the Revolutionary War when he pinned a purple, cloth-shaped heart on three men's chests. (Maj.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — A decades-old mistake has been made right. On Monday evening for National Purple Heart Day, a Tampa Bay area family received a Purple Heart medal in honor of their loved one who died ...

Marines celebrated the Corps’ 250th birthday early with 101-year-old World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Marine Corps Pfc. John Grimes.

When US Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Harry Perez Cerezo's 100th birthday was coming up last year, he was not sure how he wanted to celebrate the milestone birthday. He jokingly told his ...

It was a dream come true for a Korean War veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart coin Tuesday while his official medal is still being processed. Staff Sgt. Leroy Campbell of Miamisburg was wounded ...