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Private First Class Andreas Cagoulides died more than four decades ago, but his family was presented with his medal today at ...
Eighty years after a torpedo ripped through the hull of the USS Eagle PE-56, just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth’s ...
In Dayton, 93-year-old Leroy Campbell was presented with a Purple Heart coin for his service and injuries sustained in the ...
Rep. Vince Fong posthumously awarded a Purple Heart to the family of deceased service member Private First Class Andreas ...
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jared Grindstaff, a field artillery targeting officer assigned to Headquarters Support ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley Congressman Vince Fong posthumously awarded a Purple Heart to the family of a World War I veteran. The ceremony was held on Thursday in Bakersfield for Private First ...
I fell in love with the uniform, and that hasn’t changed.” The Purple Heart is a time-honored award whose origins go back to the late 18th century. Created by Gen. George Washington in 1782 ...
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 ...
Vietnam veteran presented one of his own Purple Heart medals to a 93-year-old Korean War veteran from Miamisburg who received a Purple Heart coin while his medal is still being processed.
Washington County was designated as a “Purple Heart County” at a recent event hosted last Friday at the Washington County ...