Van Der Noord’s Purple Heart medal had been missing for years until it was recovered from an unclaimed safe deposit box submitted to the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office in 2020. Illinois State ...

Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned his Purple Heart while fighting to liberate the Philippines during World War II.

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of ...

Herman Schroeder is a Vietnam Marine Corps veteran who served for nearly 30 years and retired as a master sergeant. He's also a recipient of the Purple Heart.

Purple Heart recipient, retired Sgt. Lonnie Gaudet received a standing ovation during a special tribute at the Savannah ...

Peabody celebrated its first Memorial Day as a Purple Heart city on Monday. The designation honors residents who have been ...

Bartlett held its annual Memorial Day event with dozens of residents, veterans and their families. During the ceremony, the ...

McMahon's Purple Heart was recently saved from a Georgia scrapyard. “A gentlemen that works at the scrapyard, junk yard, he ran across a Purple Heart in a World War 2 case,” local history buff Steve ...

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's Purple Heart to his family as part of Operation Purple Heart.

Grand Rapids WW2 veteran's Purple Heart saved from Georgia scrapyard ...