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

The World War II Veteran received the medal Wednesday at the American ... “they took my watch and I didn’t get that back.” A second Purple Heart was presented to the grandchildren of the ...

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

The family of an Iowa veteran was reunited with his Purple Heart medal Wednesday.The State Treasurer's Office says it found ...

David Lyons pinned the Purple Heart onto Harold ... the unit Pressel served with during World War II 80 years ago, shook Pressel’s hand and then, took a step back and sharply saluted the ...

The ruptured eardrum qualified Pressel for the Purple Heart. But he wasn’t concerned ... David Sample met Pressel about 30 years ago at a World War II memorial week in Reading, Pa.

Vernon Baker is among the seven Black American troops to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during WWII. (DOD ... received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the German surrender ...

Harold "Bud" Pressel was awarded the Purple Heart he earned in 1944 when his bomber was shot down over Germany and he was taken prisoner.