It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today, I salute Medal of Honor Recipient Ken David. On May 7, 1970, David’s unit came ...

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 ...

However, a service member cannot recommend himself or herself for a Purple Heart, or any other medal except the Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. 16. Is a citation written for Purple Heart awards?

For his service, he was awarded the prestigious Purple Heart medal. The fate of that medal, earned by blood and sacrifice, spanned the ...

1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Purple Heart Medal of Pvt. Joseph E. Bone was returned to the ... "I'm happy to be here to accept the medal that represents your brother's service and ...

Wilfred Ikemoto, right, whose older brother Haruyuki Ikemoto posthumously received a Purple Heart medal after being killed in World War II, thanks researcher Daniel Matthews in Pearl Harbor ...

A Purple Heart medal earned decades ago for service in World War I was reunited with a family on Wednesday after it was found at an Arizona pawnshop.

He had earned a Purple Heart, a European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars, a combat infantryman badge, and the good conduct and World War II victory medals ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Boxes of junk can often reveal a piece of hidden treasure, but when that treasure turns out to be a war medal for a soldier killed in action, the discovery creates a whole new ...

John Kerry was facing questions about his celebrated war record yesterday after his former commanding officer in Vietnam said Kerry didn’t deserve his first Purple Heart medal because his ...

For his service to his country, the family of West Michigan Cpl. George Wills received the highly coveted Purple Heart and a WWI Victory medal Friday morning.