UPDATED: June 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM CDT On Thursday, Edward Gorski Jr.’s Purple Heart medal was returned by the Illinois treasurer’s office to the World War II veteran’s grandson Shawn.

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during combat in Europe.

The Purple Heart was kept in the weathered Air Medal box in which it was discovered. “You can tell it’s got some mileage,” Post 7816 member Rick Hanley said after viewing the box.

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Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs, left, returned a lost Purple Heart medal Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the American Legion Post 75 in Geneva to the grandson Shawn Gorski, of World War II veteran ...

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