For the first time since 2020, the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport hosted an 'Honor Flight' for veterans across the region, ...

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

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. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper” Wray or ...

Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final mission and other historic items.

Neil Frye was a 20-year-old mess attendant from Vass, N.C., aboard the USS West Virginia when a Japanese torpedo sank it in ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - City officials announced the Purple Heart Recreation Center will reopen in a new location. Purple Heart Recreation Center, currently located on Avenue H at the Chennault ...

In his two-hour speech last week, President Trump announced plans to create an office of shipbuilding to increase naval ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A Savannah native and service member from World War II received an Arlington Burial on Thursday. Chief ...

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 ...

Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, the president focused on the successful U.S. airstrikes in Yemen more than the ...

With World War II raging in Europe and the Pacific ... “One of the guys said, ‘There’s your Purple Heart.’” He also earned a Bronze Star, with a “V” device for valor.