East Middle School earned Missouri Purple Star School designation from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...

Senator Kelly joins a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the Purple Heart Veterans Education Act, a bill aimed at closing a loophole that prevents some medal recipients from transferring GI ...

Harry Miller of St. Donatus, a veteran who served in Vietnam 55 years ago, will receive a Purple Heart at a special ceremony ...

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Adam Jackson of Wallingford after ...

Days shy of his 101st birthday, Sgt. Harold "Bud" Pressel stood in front of a full house at the American Legion in Dallastown ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in service. It is the nation’s oldest military award, introduced by General George Washington in 1782. Nancy Clark ...

But the search also revealed a new question - to whom was the purple heart awarded? Smith found no record of Hayes' military service and the family doesn’t know if he served either. They think ...