The documents confirmed he earned the same five military decorations — including the Purple Heart and a blue combat infantryman badge — as those in the treasurer’s vault.

If you received a Purple Heart Medal for active duty service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, but did not qualify for full Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits because you did not have enough time in service ...

Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher was wounded during World War II's Battle of Normandy, but was denied the Purple Heart due to racial inequalities Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports ...

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.

A piece of World War II history with roots in our area is now back with its rightful family after nearly two decades apart.

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” Wray or ...

He had been flown from Vietnam to Oahu and was in a coma. Oliveira never got his Purple Heart medal or a ceremony; he was busy getting irrigation and blood transfusions in the hospital.