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 nation.

Jen Moeller, Bob’s second cousin and the great-granddaughter ... Moeller stood outside Bob’s house with the medal laid out in her hand. The Purple Heart is tattered but intact, with Alfred ...

A 100-year-old veteran in York County received his Purple Heart 80 years later. “The Purple Heart means quite a bit,” Sergeant Harold “Bud” Pressel told abc27 News. “But I wasn’t sure I’d get it. The ...

(WCIA) — A Purple Heart medal that belonged to a World War II ... a battleground that was key to ushering in the end of the Second World War,” Frerichs said. “No matter the passage of ...

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Adam Jackson of Wallingford after Blumenthal pinned a Purple Heart on him, during a Purple Heart ceremony on ...

Senator Kelly joins a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the Purple Heart Veterans Education Act, a bill aimed at ...

Last summer, Pressel mentioned that he had tried to get his Purple Heart but was turned down. Sample believed his friend deserved the award and told him, “Let me take a look.” It was more ...

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael “Mike” Anderson ’95 and his wife, Gloria, have combined their passion for education and deep respect for military service to establish the Purple Heart Endowed ...

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

Purple Heart Medal’s Owner Identified as ‘a Man’s Man’ Who Fought in WWII For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals.