With a unique anniversary rapidly approaching, members of the Northwest Piedmont Purple Heart Foundation keep plugging along ...

Deputy Mattick was the first through the door during a call about a 22-year-old in the middle of a mental health crisis. The man was armed and unstable. When the gun was raised to his face, Deputy ...

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — Several Paulding County Sheriff’s Deputies were recently honored for their heroic efforts. On April 17 ...

A 55-year-old veteran of the U.S. Army who was wounded in action, awarded the Purple Heart and honorably discharged self-deported this week after being ordered to by federal immigration officials, … ...

Aneska Holness, who serves in the Arizona National Guard, received the Purple Heart at a Fort Bliss, Texas, ceremony on December 4, 2024. “I guess a word I would use to describe it is bittersweet.

BILLINGS — The beginnings of a memorial to Montana's Purple Heart recipients will soon embark on a 10-week fund-raising road tour to 65 Montana com munities.

Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker (left) and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks (right) present a Purple Heart to Fort Wayne native and military veteran Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Dennis Piercy Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in service. It is the nation’s oldest military award, introduced by General George Washington in 1782.

He was awarded the Purple Heart that October, and in February 1945 the Marines snapped a photo of him shaking Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Watson’s hand as Tuttle received the Silver Star.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Purple Heart awarded to a World War II officer found at a thrift store has made its way home to his family thanks to the dedicated efforts of a few Lowcountry residents.

A WWII veteran’s sons hope to give his long-lost Purple Heart medal to his grandson, who also served in the Army and had a special bond with him.