Paul Maynard was killed in World War I. Friday, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal presented the Maynard family with a Purple Heart medal. Paul Maynard from Torrington died on Nov. 11, 1918, the last ...

That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

He would go on to receive the Purple Heart, the Silver Star Medal, the Victory Medal and French ... But despite those accolades, Leader and other WWI code talkers still haven't received the ...

Grindstaff received the Purple Heart for his selfless service and actions on October 14, 2010, during an improvised explosive device attack that took place in Afghanistan. At the time of the ...

Sullivan's Purple Heart Medal National Museum of African American History and ... Museum of African American History and Culture Framed photograph of an unidentified WWI sailor National Museum of ...

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 ...

But due to "racial inequalities in the United States at that time," Fletcher never received his Purple Heart, a medal given to military members who are either wounded or killed by the enemy during ...

McDaniel. Captain McDaniel said because of his injuries, he decided to apply for the Purple Heart medal. Last summer he got the news that he would be receiving it. "It was a wave of emotion as I ...