During the service today, the police chief posthumously awarded Labonte the Purple Heart medal which is given to an officer ...

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. Nancy Clark ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

After a Purple Heart military medal was found in a deceased Iowan's ... that is injured in the service," said Clark, who was eventually identified as Hayes' next of kin. Smith said the state ...

(WTNH) — A Connecticut service member is getting ... who encouraged him to apply for the medal you get for being injured in combat, the Purple Heart. When you are in an active war zone, there ...

The Iowa Treasurer’s Office, which returned the Purple Heart to the family of Garold Hayes, now seeks Iowans’ help ...

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Adam Jackson of Wallingford after ...

But the search also revealed a new question - to whom was the purple heart awarded? Smith found no record of Hayes' military service and the ... I don’t want medals that are sitting in boxes.