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

That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

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

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Delbert G ... Tuttle died in 1972 at the age of 52, after a battle with lung cancer. His Purple Heart medal was found in a safe deposit box that had been untouched for ...

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.

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

It wasn't until 1991 that the world learned of Marine Corps ... a Bronze Star Medal with Combat Valor, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Valor and two Purple Hearts.

pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Springfield to making false statements by submitting a false Purple Heart application to the U.S. Marine Corps through his local Congressman. A federal ...

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