PEABODY — Peabody celebrated its first Memorial Day as a Purple Heart city on Monday. The designation honors residents who have been wounded or killed while serving in combat. Purple Hearts have ...

Van Der Noord survived — as did three brothers who also served their country in the war — and earned a Purple Heart for the combat injury he suffered in May 1945. This month, as Memorial Day ...

New Bedford has been designated a “Purple Heart City” by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, according to a community announcement. The city will install signs marking the designation at ...

A Newnan scrapyard discovered a Purple Heart Medal and turned it over to a local veterans organization in the hopes of returning it to either the recipient or a family member. The mystery behind ...

It was a dream come true for a Korean War veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart coin Tuesday while his official medal is still being processed. Staff Sgt. Leroy Campbell of Miamisburg was wounded ...

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper ...

Michelle Hofmann is an Emmy Award winning KRIS 6 News Anchor and Reporter who is passionate about advocating for the communities she serves. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Purple Heart symbolizes ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Niagara County officials are starting to plan for this year's Purple Heart celebration. The event will be held Aug. 3 at the Niagara County Courthouse in Lockport, where more ...

On Monday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) awarded the Purple Heart to Air Force First Sgt. Adam Jackson, who was injured in Afghanistan more than 16 years ago. At the time, he was in the Army.

AFTER 80 YEARS, SERGEANT PRESSEL WAS FINALLY AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART HE’D EARNED WHILE SERVING IN WORLD WAR TWO AS THE COMMANDER OF 15TH AIR FORCE. IS MY TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY FOR ...

Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Garold Hayes’ family was overjoyed when they received the Purple Heart that had been stored in his safe deposit box and left unclaimed for years ...

Leaders from Purple Heart Homes, the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council, and its national organization are working to establish the first Virginia Purple Hearts Home local chapter in Lynchburg.