His surviving family accepted the Prisoner of War and Purple Heart medals on his behalf during a ceremony at the Navy Reserve Readiness and Mobilization Fort Worth Command.

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The mystery of a lost Purple Heart awarded to a Dorchester sailor killed in World War II appears to be solved, after the family of Hugh Farren reached out to the Attleboro veterans director to ...

ATTLEBORO, Mass. — When someone found a Purple Heart from World War II, Ben Quelle, director of Veteran Services in Attleboro, thought it would be easy to find its rightful owner.

This heart found its way back home. A New Jersey woman whose uncle bravely fought in World War II got her late relative’s long-lost Purple Heart back after the award was spotted at a Texas flea ...

His surviving family accepted the Prisoner of War and Purple Heart medals on his behalf during a ceremony at the Navy Reserve Readiness and Mobilization Fort Worth Command.

A WWII veteran’s sons hope to give his long-lost Purple Heart medal to his grandson, who also served in the Army and had a special bond with him.

It means a lot to my heart,” Jerry Moore said of receiving his late brother’s Purple Heart medal from World War II. “I don’t ...

In a heartfelt ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Decatur, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple ...

For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock from preparations for the invasion of Japan that was expected to cost ...

Andrew Muller argues the Marine Corps "improperly withheld" the Purple Heart he should receive for injuries sustained in combat while deployed to Afghanistan.

He was right. Then-Navy Secretary John Dalton restored Graham’s Purple Heart to his widow, Mary Graham, in 1994. Observation Post is the Military Times one-stop shop for all things off-duty.