Though he was wounded in combat during the Vietnam War, U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Ronald Cooper never received a Purple Heart, ...

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Marietta Chapter 743 unveiled a Purple Heart Memorial Monument at Gold Star Park in Marietta on Wednesday. (Photo by Michelle Dillon) MARIETTA — A crowd gathered ...

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 — For Amado Gonzales, the Purple ...

JONESBURG, Mo. — Tossed inside a scrap car and nearly destroyed, a World War II Purple Heart defied the odds — surviving steel, time and memory to find its way home. At Scrap Mart Metals in Jonesburg, ...

The city of Wisconsin Rapids is honoring its veterans this month with two community events.

The family of a World War II veteran was overjoyed to get his lost Purple Heart medal back — just in time for Veteran’s Day. Army Rifleman James R. Bennett, who was wounded twice in 1944 while serving ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — August 7 is Purple Heart Day, which commemorates men and women who wounded or killed by an opposing armed forces during military service. At Fort Leonard Wood, more than 70 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recognized nearly 100 recipients of the Purple Heart at the White House on Thursday, including three service members who gave him their own medals after an ...