Military medals are often difficult to return because the name under which the property was submitted may not correspond to the name of the honoree. A Purple Heart ... and World War II victory ...

That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

(CBS) -- The family of a U.S. Marine from downstate Decatur who served in World War II has been reunited ... after a battle ...

Both the Medal ... the Purple Heart medal: Military service animals are no longer able to receive the award. Kennedy received the Purple Heart for being wounded in World War II.

and his medals — including a Purple Heart and Bronze Star — are in a case in an engineering conference room named after him on the second floor of City Hall. World War II Navy seaman Walter ...

Through their quest to get their father’s name on the wall, the family also ended up receiving Oliveira’s medals and his Purple Heart in May 2018, with the official ceremony finally held Monday.

A U.S. pilot who was long considered missing in action after a failed World War II mission has been found ... posthumously awarded the Air Medal and a Purple Heart, according to the American ...

Pete Celentano was in a foxhole when an artillery shell killed three fellow soldiers and shrapnel tore through his flesh. Michael Vaccaro trained villages to defend themselves against the Viet ...