Under a gray sky on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, family, friends and fellow service members gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to lay to rest U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, one of the most ...

A Purple Heart combat veteran was deported on the morning of Nov. 14 from Florence. Barco also suffered from PTSD, and got into some legal trouble back home. Activists say they are upset at the way ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) honored Veterans Day by dedicating 16 parking spaces to Purple Heart recipients at DMV locations across the Commonwealth. An ...

“So many soldiers and families suffered and sacrificed so much. It is important that they be remembered," the veteran's niece said Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs/Facebook Illinois State ...

Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks presented the Purple Heart to former Army National Guard Specialist Robert Drudy on Tuesday, almost 20 years after his injury in the line of duty. Drudy was injured ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A Purple Heart belonging to a World War II veteran from Illinois spent decades in a safe deposit box before being returned to his family in time for Veteran's Day. The Purple Heart, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Governor Kathy Hochul signed bipartisan legislation to officially designate New York as a Purple Heart State as of January 2026, formally recognizing service members wounded ...

The family of a World War II veteran from Oak Lawn has received his long untouched Purple Heart, thanks to efforts of those including the Illinois state treasurer’s office. “A lot of people in my ...

New England College received an honor of its own Monday afternoon for its support of men and women who have been awarded Purple Heart decorations within the college community. NEC became known as a ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A long-lost Purple Heart was returned to U.S. Army veteran James Mooney of Everett. State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg presented the medal to Mooney at a ceremony in Boston recently; ...

A heart valve transplant recipient has lent her voice to a call for more heart donations to heart valve banks. The NHS could not supply around one in five (20%) of heart valve requests from hospitals ...