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 ...

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

Previously:York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane ... who never met their grandfather, accepted his medal on his behalf, capping a seven-year-long effort ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal awarded the Purple Heart to Air Force First Sgt. Adam Jackson, who was injured in Afghanistan more ...

Chestnuthill Township officials and residents will celebrate the 100th birthday of resident Raymond Francis Benensky at a parade planned for Feb. 16. The township’s board of supervisors, at a recent ...

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

The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in service. It is the nation’s oldest military award, introduced by General George Washington in 1782. Nancy Clark ...

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.

Harold “Bud” Pressel stood in front of a full house at the American Legion in Dallastown to receive a Purple Heart – eight decades after he was wounded during World War II. “Never thought ...