The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

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 ...

Black WWII veteran who was denied Purple Heart finally gets it at 99 Injured military dog, handler awarded Purple Hearts Lost Purple Heart found in dump returned to WWII veteran's family WWII ...