A Purple Heart has no engravings that would ... Two more families have filed claims for medals since the Tribune wrote about their cases. But the safe-deposit boxes connected to Gorski and another ...

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

The U.S. Army notified Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter, on Monday that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart ... case highlights how it can be a struggle for wounded veterans to get ...

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was given a Purple Heart medal by a supporter during a campaign rally in Ashburn, Va. Mr. Trump said he "always wanted to get the Purple ...

Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork ...

Both the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart came from the Badge of Military ... Within the 24,500 pound marble cornerstone was a zinc case filled with mementos, including copies of the ...

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 ...

If you received a Purple Heart Medal for active duty service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, but did not qualify for full Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits because you did not have enough time in service ...