A long-lost Purple Heart medal earned by a KC native is now in safe hands. Olivia Acree shares the story of how it was ...

After 24 years since its disappearance, a family from Central Illinois was reunited with a Purple Heart from World War II.

Illinois's state treasurer reunited the family of a World War II veteran with a medal earned for fighting overseas. Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a Purple Heart medal to family members ...

In a heartfelt ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Decatur, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple ...

This heart found its way back home. A New Jersey woman whose uncle bravely fought in World War II got her late relative’s long-lost Purple Heart back after the award was spotted at a Texas flea ...

For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock from preparations for the invasion of Japan that was expected to cost ...

Daughter Carolyn Peckham accepted the Purple Heart during a small private ceremony on Oct. 29, at the World War II Memorial outside the Decatur Civic Center, according to Frerichs' office.

Purple Heart of WWII hero finds home in Springfield by: Taylor Knight. Posted: Sep 19, 2024 / 05:43 PM EDT. Updated: Sep 19, 2024 / 05:43 PM EDT. by: Taylor Knight.

McMahon's Purple Heart was recently saved from a Georgia scrapyard. “A gentlemen that works at the scrapyard, junk yard, he ran across a Purple Heart in a World War 2 case,” local history buff ...

FULL CEREMONY: Nearly 8 decades later, 5 Hawaii soldiers killed in WWII honored with Purple Heart “Shame on us for not recognizing that before, so today is a righting of a wrong, but it’s so ...

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