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 ...

More than 100 years after being wounded in World War I’s largest battle, Pvt. Alonzo Stanton has finally been recognized with ...

A long-lost Purple Heart medal earned by a KC native is now in safe hands. Olivia Acree shares the story of how it was ...

The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the ...

Woman Reunites 1950s Purple Heart with Recipients' Family After Finding It in Thrift Shop Albritton was just 18 years old when he was deployed to Vietnam to serve in the U.S. Army in 1968 ...

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.

The Purple Heart is, essentially, an acknowledgement that serving in the armed forces carries with it, at every moment, an element of risk and sacrifice. It also quantifies, ...