A long-lost Purple Heart medal earned by a KC native is now in safe hands, the story of how it was rescued from an auction in ...

In a gesture of gratitude, Scrap Mart flew the family to San Diego for their national convention to return the medal.

It should’ve been lost forever — crushed in a car shredder. But this World War II Purple Heart refused to be forgotten.

On June 23, 2025, the story of a decorated military veteran allegedly forced by an ultimatum from Immigration and Customs ...

A U.S. Army honor guard holds a tray with three Purple Heart medals during a Purple Heart ceremony on June 9, 2015 at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ...

Sae Joon Park, 55, who’s lived in the U.S. since age 7, was reportedly deported Monday to South Korea over a 2009 drug ...

The Brief. The Purple Heart was found in a Georgia junkyard. The junkyard turned the meal over to a local VFW post. The medal belonged to a World War II veteran who died 80 years ago.

Photos of Hawaii men posthumously awarded Purple Heart medals sit on a table at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Friday, May 10, 2024. The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese ...

The Connecticut Military Order of the Purple Heart designated Norwalk a Purple Heart City on August 7, 2020. A new Purple Heart Memorial was dedicated on December 10, 2022, in Veterans Park. The ...

Since February 2022, the popular look back at the city’s history has provided in-depth stories and rarely seen photos from the Tribune archives every Thursday.

Purple Heart medal for Private First-Class Robert Lee Lawrence. PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va.—–Delegate Kathie Hess-Crouse says that efforts are being made to either return the Purple Heart that was ...

The Purple Heart medal awarded to U.S. Marine Cpl. Delbert ... Peckham’s cousin in Urbana surprised her with some of her father’s old military photos and records that she didn’t know ...