Jamie Bath found Gus Albritton's Purple Heart medals at a yard sale in Brooksfield, Florida — the same city where they were robbed from Albritton's home in 1982 Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News ...

That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Anthony M. Henderson pins the Purple Heart medal on former Marine Cpl. Joseph Donald of Stafford during ...

But due to "racial inequalities in the United States at that time," Fletcher never received his Purple Heart, a medal given to military members who are either wounded or killed by the enemy during ...

Donald Trump accepted a Purple Heart medal from a Vietnam War veteran, despite famously dodging military service himself. The Republican presidential nominee has been branded “disrespectful” a ...

A veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who avoided the Vietnam War due to a ...

93-year-old Leroy Campbell is pictured here with the Purple Heart medal presented to him by Jerry Ferris, the Ohio Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He gave Campbell one of his ...

The Maui News/MELISSA TANJI photos “Daddy was always a hero ... Oliveira never got his Purple Heart medal or a ceremony; he was busy getting irrigation and blood transfusions in the hospital.

But his medals, including a Purple Heart--were lost since then. It was found just this month, and the story of its return is miraculous. This all started about a month ago. Our officers ...